Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 10, Issue 5 , Pages 231-234 , May 2009

Transfusion-related immunosuppression

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PII: S1472-0299(09)00037-X

doi: 10.1016/j.mpaic.2009.01.017

Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 10, Issue 5 , Pages 231-234 , May 2009