title: Large retrospective effects, clear differences in animals, and multiple negative randomised controlled trials: this is exactly how it is supposed to work.
authors.affiliation: Bloodworks NW Research Institute, Seattle, WA, United States of America.|University of Washington School of Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, Seattle, WA, United States of America.
authors.forename: James C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Zimring
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Transfusion Biology, Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, United States of America.
authors.forename: Steven L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Spitalnik
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001793:Blood Preservation / Q000379:methods; D004905:Erythrocyte Aging; D017707:Erythrocyte Transfusion / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000166:cytology*; D006801:Humans; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012189:Retrospective Studies