Functional capacity in children and young adults with sickle cell disease undergoing evaluation for cardiopulmonary disease
โ Scribed by Robert I. Liem; Mary A. Nevin; Adrienne Prestridge; Luciana T. Young; Alexis A. Thompson
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 107 KB
- Volume
- 84
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0361-8609
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