Pediatrics & Neonatology
Volume 49, Issue 2 , Pages 5-12 , April 2008

Transfusion Therapy in Critically Ill Children

  • Tai-Tsung Chang

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, 100 Tzyou 1st Road, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan

Received 28 September 2007 ,Revised 17 December 2007 ,Accepted 25 March 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/S1875-9572(08)60004-2

Pediatrics & Neonatology
Volume 49, Issue 2 , Pages 5-12 , April 2008

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