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Editorial
. 2019 Aug;59(8):2493-2495.
doi: 10.1111/trf.15453.

Personalizing transfusion in sickle cell disease: where is the canary in the mine?

Melanie E Fields  1
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Editorial

Personalizing transfusion in sickle cell disease: where is the canary in the mine?

Melanie E Fields. Transfusion. 2019 Aug.
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