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Age- and sex-based ranges of platelet count and cause-specific mortality risk in an adult general population: prospective findings from the Moli-sani study

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Pages 312-315 | Received 05 Sep 2017, Accepted 09 Nov 2017, Published online: 21 Dec 2017

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