Personalization of medicine requires better observational evidence

Rutger A Middelburg1 Center for Clinical Transfusion Research, Sanquin Research, Leiden, the Netherlands, [email protected];2 Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands, [email protected]Correspondence[email protected]

M Sesmu Arbous2 Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands, [email protected];3 Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands

Judith G Middelburg4 Department of Radiation Oncology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Johanna G van der Bom1 Center for Clinical Transfusion Research, Sanquin Research, Leiden, the Netherlands, [email protected];2 Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands, [email protected]

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