Open letter to the Executive Director of the European Medicines Agency concerning the licensing of hydroxyethyl starch solutions for fluid resuscitation.

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Published in Br J Anaesth on March 01, 2014

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R Bellomo, J Bion, S Finfer, J Myburgh, A Perner, K Reinhart, all co-signatories

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