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Red cell distribution width: a novel prognostic factor of pulmonary embolism?

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  1. Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, GATA Haydarpasa Training Hospital, 34668, Istanbul, Uskudar, Turkey

    Ergenekon Karagöz MD

  2. Department of Cardiology, GATA Haydarpasa Training Hospital,, 34668, Istanbul, Uskudar, Turkey

    Mehmet Doğan MD

  3. Department of Gastroenterology, GATA Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

    Alpaslan Tanoglu MD

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Karagöz, E., Doğan, M. & Tanoglu, A. Red cell distribution width: a novel prognostic factor of pulmonary embolism?. Wien Klin Wochenschr 127, 77–78 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00508-014-0625-2

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