Tools to implement and improve blood donor hemovigilance in Brazil.
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See paper by Braz AC et al. on pages 139-146. *Corresponding author at: Serviço de Hemoterapia Nove de Julho, Rua Peixoto Gomide, 613, Cerqueira César, 01409-902, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. E-mail address: [email protected] (C. A. Neto). 1516-8484/$ see front matter © 2014 Associação Brasileira de Hematologia, Hemoterapia e Terapia Celular. Published by Elsevier Editora Ltda. All rights reserved. DOI: 10.5581/1516-8484.20140025 Scientific comment
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Revista brasileira de hematologia e hemoterapia
دوره 36 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014