The Importance of the Immunohematologic Evaluation for Presumed Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia in the COVID-19 Era

Overview

Journal Med J Armed Forces India

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2023 Jun 26

PMID 37360885

Authors

Jeremy W Jacobs

T D Schlafer

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