A study of transfusion related adverse events at a tertiary care centre in North India: an initiative towards hemovigilance
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Evaluation of the Seroprevalence of Transfusion Transmissible Infections among Blood Donors in a Tertiary Care Hospital of North India
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Advances in Medicine
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2349-3925
DOI: 10.18203/2349-3933.ijam20150545