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Review
. 2020 Jul;190(2):e86-e89.
doi: 10.1111/bjh.16880. Epub 2020 Jun 11.

Managing sickle cell patients with COVID-19 infection: the need to pool our collective experience

Kamal Kant Sahu  1 , Ahmad Daniyal Siddiqui  1 , Jan Cerny  2
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Review

Managing sickle cell patients with COVID-19 infection: the need to pool our collective experience

Kamal Kant Sahu et al. Br J Haematol. 2020 Jul.
No abstract available

Keywords: anaemia; coronavirus; pandemic; sickle cell anaemia; viruses.

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Pathogenesis of severe acute respiratory syndrome‐coronavirus‐2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) infection in a patient with sickle cell disease (created with biorender.com).
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