Instructive Case
Rare case of pyogenic hepatic abscess in a paediatric patient with sickle cell anaemia
Abirami Ganesh Kumar,
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Abirami Ganesh Kumar
Department of Medicine, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, United Kingdom
Correspondence: Ms Abirami Ganesh Kumar, Department of Medicine, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Turner Street, E1 2AD, London, UK. email: [email protected]; [email protected]
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Andreas Andreou
Department of Medicine, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, United Kingdom
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Abirami Ganesh Kumar,
Corresponding Author
Abirami Ganesh Kumar
Department of Medicine, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, United Kingdom
Correspondence: Ms Abirami Ganesh Kumar, Department of Medicine, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Turner Street, E1 2AD, London, UK. email: [email protected]; [email protected]
Search for more papers by this author Andreas Andreou,
Andreas Andreou
Department of Medicine, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, United Kingdom
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First published: 08 October 2021
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