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Comment
. 2013;10(7):e1001483.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001483. Epub 2013 Jul 16.

Sickle cell anaemia in a changing world

Edward Fottrell  1 , David Osrin
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Sickle cell anaemia in a changing world

Edward Fottrell et al. PLoS Med. 2013.

Abstract

David Osrin and Edward Fottrell comment on new research by Frédéric Piel and colleagues on the growing burden of sickle cell anemia, and discuss the need for changing policy and health services in response to epidemiologic transitions in child mortality.

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