The above letter was sent to Spiess et al.; Dr Spiess offered the following reply [4]

Transfusion

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 354-356

  Spiess, Bruce D ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL INFECTION; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOSIS; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 33846409856     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2007.01116.x     Document Type: Letter

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