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Comment
. 2020 Dec 1;105(12):2892.
doi: 10.3324/haematol.2020.269415.

SARS-CoV-2 severity in African Americans - A role for Duffy Null?

Robert P Hebbel  1 , Gregory M Vercellotti  2
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SARS-CoV-2 severity in African Americans - A role for Duffy Null?

Robert P Hebbel et al. Haematologica. .
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