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Annals of Tropical Paediatrics
International Child Health
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Pattern of bacteraemia in febrile children with sickle cell anaemia

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Pages 55-64 | Received 13 Jan 1992, Published online: 13 Jul 2016

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Oyesola O. Ojewunmi, Titilope A. Adeyemo, Oluseyi C. Ayinde, Bamidele Iwalokun & Adekunle Adekile. (2019) Current perspectives of sickle cell disease in Nigeria: changing the narratives. Expert Review of Hematology 12:8, pages 609-620.
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