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Transfusions for patients with sickle cell disease at Children’s Hospital Boston Cover

Transfusions for patients with sickle cell disease at Children’s Hospital Boston

By: S.R. Sloan  
Paid access
|Dec 2019

References

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/immunohematology-2019-143 | Journal eISSN: 1930-3955 | Journal ISSN: 0894-203X
Language: English
Page range: 17 - 19
Published on: Dec 1, 2019
Published by: American National Red Cross
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2019 S.R. Sloan, published by American National Red Cross
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons License.