Blood transfusions, thrombosis, and mortality in hospitalized patients with cancer

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 168, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 2377-2381

  Khorana, Alok A ^a,c   Francis, Charles W ^a   Blumberg, Neil ^a   Culakova, Eva ^b   Refaai, Majed A ^a   Lyman, Gary H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOSIS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 56749168978     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.168.21.2377     Document Type: Article

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