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Annals of Tropical Paediatrics
International Child Health
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Persistent gross splenomegaly in Nigerian patients with sickle cell anaemia: relationship to malaria

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Pages 103-107 | Received 26 Aug 1987, Published online: 13 Jul 2016

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