St George's Hospital Medical School, Histopathology Department, London, UK Professor M J Davies, St George's Hospital Medical School, Histopathology Department, Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 0RE, UK If ...
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Correspondence to: Dr Siew Yen Ho, Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College, Dovehouse Street, London SW3 6LY, UK; yen.ho{at}ic.ac.uk According to Walmsley, ...
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Background Intravenous iron therapy with ferric derisomaltose (FDI) has been shown to improve outcomes in patients with heart ...
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