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Technical comment

Vol. 143 No. 0304 (2013)

Increased mortality after infusion of “modern” hydroxyethyl starch

  • Christian Josef Wiedermann
  • Michael Joannidis
DOI
https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2013.13747
Cite this as:
Swiss Med Wkly. 2013;143:w13747
Published
13.01.2013

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