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Comment
. 2021 May;68(5):e28874.
doi: 10.1002/pbc.28874. Epub 2021 Jan 23.

Acute hepatic encephalopathy and multiorgan failure in sickle cell disease and COVID-19

Giulia M Martone  1 , Priyanka M Nanjireddy  2 , Robin A Craig  3 , Andrew J Prout  4 , Meghan A Higman  2 , Kara M Kelly  2 , Steven J Ambrusko  2
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Acute hepatic encephalopathy and multiorgan failure in sickle cell disease and COVID-19

Giulia M Martone et al. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2021 May.
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FIGURE 1
Liver function tests, ammonia, CRP, and D‐dimer during hospitalization with arrows outlining time of hemodialysis, red blood cell exchange transfusion, and therapeutic plasma exchange over 1 h (AST: aspartate aminotransferase; ALT: alanine aminotransferase)
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