Erythropoietin treatment to increase autologous blood donation in patients with low basal hematocrit undergoing elective orthopedic surgery.

Clin Investig

Centro Trasfusionale e di Immunoematologia, Istituto Ortopedico Gaetano Pini, Milano, Italy.

Published: December 1994

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