Nadir hemoglobin is associated with poor outcome from intracerebral hemorrhage

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Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-5

  Chang, Tiffany R ^a,b   Boehme, Amelia K ^c,d   Aysenne, Aimee ^a   Albright, Karen C ^c,d,e,f   Burns, Christopher ^c   Beasley, T Mark ^a   Martin Schild, Sheryl ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Effectiveness Research and Education (COERE)   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Hemoglobin; Intracerebral hemorrhage; Outcome; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887271749     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21931801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2193-1801-2-379     Document Type: Article

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