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. 2023 Jul;70(7):e30371.
doi: 10.1002/pbc.30371. Epub 2023 May 2.

Highlight: Is smoke the signal for surgery? Should the moyamoya syndrome "puff of smoke" trigger cerebral revascularization surgery in children with sickle cell disease?

Lewis L Hsu  1
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Highlight: Is smoke the signal for surgery? Should the moyamoya syndrome "puff of smoke" trigger cerebral revascularization surgery in children with sickle cell disease?

Lewis L Hsu. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2023 Jul.
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Keywords: moyamoya; neurosurgery; sickle cell disease.

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