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Case Reports
. 2020 Jun;95(6):725-726.
doi: 10.1002/ajh.25821. Epub 2020 Apr 21.

Vaso-occlusive crisis and acute chest syndrome in sickle cell disease due to 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19)

Erfan Nur  1 , Aafke E Gaartman  1 , Charlotte F J van Tuijn  1 , Man Wai Tang  1 , Bart J Biemond  1
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Vaso-occlusive crisis and acute chest syndrome in sickle cell disease due to 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19)

Erfan Nur et al. Am J Hematol. 2020 Jun.
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A, Chest CT imaging of patient 1 at first presentation to the emergency room (ER) showing infiltrates at basal fields. B, CT imaging at second ER presentation of patient 1, showing an increase in double‐sided infiltrates
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