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Guidelines on the use of irradiated blood components

BRITISH JOURNAL OF HAEMATOLOGY (2020)

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BRITISH JOURNAL OF HAEMATOLOGY

Volume 191, Issue 5, Pages 704-724

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WILEY

DOI: 10.1111/bjh.17015

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