Transfusion and Apheresis Science
Volume 27, Issue 2 , Pages 153-157 , October 2002

Intraoperative blood salvage in cancer surgery: safe and effective?

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Transfusion and Apheresis Science
Volume 27, Issue 2 , Pages 153-157 , October 2002

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