The Clinical Use of Albumin: the Point of View of a Specialist in Intensive Care

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Journal Blood Transfus

Specialty Hematology

Date 2009 Dec 17

PMID 20011637

Citations 34

Authors

Pietro Caironi

Luciano Gattinoni

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