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Review
. 2018 Nov;18(11):331-336.
doi: 10.1016/j.bjae.2018.08.003. Epub 2018 Sep 27.

Anaesthetic management of children with sickle cell disease

S Akrimi  1 , V Simiyu  2
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Review

Anaesthetic management of children with sickle cell disease

S Akrimi et al. BJA Educ. 2018 Nov.
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

Figures

Fig 1
Fig 1
Microscopy of a blood film of a patient with sickle cell anaemia showing poikilocytosis (variation in cell shape), specifically sickle-cells. Reproduced with permission from Dr Janaki Pearson.
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