ACUTE SPLENIC SEQUESTRATION IN JAMAICAN ADULTS WITH HOMOZYGOUS SICKLE CELL DISEASE: A ROLE OF ALPHA THALASSAEMIA
K. De Ceulaer,
K. De Ceulaer
MRC Laboratories (Jamaica), University of the West Indies, Kingston 7, Jamaica, W.I.
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G. R. Serjeant
MRC Laboratories (Jamaica), University of the West Indies, Kingston 7, Jamaica, W.I.
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K. De Ceulaer,
K. De Ceulaer
MRC Laboratories (Jamaica), University of the West Indies, Kingston 7, Jamaica, W.I.
Search for more papers by this author G. R. Serjeant,
G. R. Serjeant
MRC Laboratories (Jamaica), University of the West Indies, Kingston 7, Jamaica, W.I.
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First published: April 1991
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