Consensus minimum hemoglobin level above which patients with myelodysplastic syndromes can safely forgo transfusions
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عنوان ژورنال: Leukemia & Lymphoma
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1042-8194,1029-2403
DOI: 10.1080/10428194.2020.1791854