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Chapter 4 - The Clinical Approach to the Patient with Anemia

from Section 2 - The Patient with Anemia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 April 2018

By
Matthew Quesenberry ,
Alina Huang  and
Fred J. Schiffman
Edited by
Edward J. Benz, Jr. ,
Nancy Berliner  and
Fred J. Schiffman
Edward J. Benz, Jr.
Affiliation:
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Nancy Berliner
Affiliation:
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston
Fred J. Schiffman
Affiliation:
Children's Hospital, Boston
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Anemia
Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management
 , pp. 23 - 33
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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