The relationship between fetal hemoglobin and disease severity in children with sickle cell anemia
โ Scribed by Odenheimer, Daniel J. ;Sarnaik, Sharada A. ;Whitten, Charles F. ;Rucknagel, Donald L. ;Sing, Charles F. ;Opitz, John M. ;Reynolds, James F.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 720 KB
- Volume
- 27
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-7299
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