International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia
Volume 18, Issue 4 , Pages 309-313 , October 2009

A retrospective one-year single-centre survey of obstetric red cell transfusions

,Accepted 22 May 2009.

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PII: S0959-289X(09)00126-5

doi: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2009.05.008

International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia
Volume 18, Issue 4 , Pages 309-313 , October 2009

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