Transfusion Medicine Reviews
Volume 20, Issue 3 , Pages 218-229 , July 2006

Home Is Where the Heart Is: Do Blood Transfusions Belong There Too?

  • Kaaron Benson

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Kaaron Benson, MD, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, 12902 Magnolia Drive, Tampa, FL 33612.

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doi: 10.1016/j.tmrv.2006.03.006

Transfusion Medicine Reviews
Volume 20, Issue 3 , Pages 218-229 , July 2006

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