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Retraction Notice Retraction notice to “Prophylactic use of pentoxifylline on inflammation in elderly cardiac surgery patients” Ann...
Retraction Notice Retraction notice to “Prophylactic use of pentoxifylline on inflammation in elderly cardiac surgery patients” Ann Thorac Surg 2001;71:1524-9 doi: 10.1016/S0003-4975(01)02462-6 Joachim Boldt, Christian Brosch, Andreas Lehmann, Günter Haisch, Johannes Lang, and Frank Isgro Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine and Clinic of Cardiac Surgery, Klinikum der Stadt Ludwigshafen, Ludwigshafen, Germany This article has been retracted at the request of the Editor.
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