Differences in post-operative infection rates between patients receiving autologous and allogeneic blood transfusion: A meta-analysis of published randomized and nonrandomized studies

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 325-328

  Duffy, G ^a   Neal, K R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

allogeneic transfusion; autologous transfusion; meta analysis; post operative infections

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030512255     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3148.1996.tb00091.x     Document Type: Article

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