Deleterious clinical effects of transfusion immunomodulation: Proven beyond a reasonable doubt [1]

Transfusion

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 492-494

  Vamvakas, Eleftherios C ^a  

^a CANADIAN BLOOD SERVICES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHRONOLOGY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE TRANSFUSION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NULL HYPOTHESIS; PEER REVIEW; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZATION;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY; INFECTION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 33644671725     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2006.00748.x     Document Type: Letter

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