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Case Reports
. 2013 Apr;88(4):607.
doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.12-0498.

Hair-on-end

Bridget Mnapo, Michael Shields, Klaas Koop
Case Reports

Hair-on-end

Bridget Mnapo et al. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2013 Apr.
No abstract available

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Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
(A) Skull x-ray with a hair-on-end pattern, reflecting bone marrow hyperplasia. (B) Peripheral blood slide with a Howell-Jolly body in an erythrocyte (arrow). (C) X-ray of pelvis showing left femoral head necrosis.
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