Red Blood Cell Transfusion in Preterm Infants: Current Evidence and Controversies

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  2018

• Venue

  Neonatology

• Publication date

  2018-03-16

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1159/000486584PMID 29550819
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