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Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings
The peer-reviewed journal of Baylor Scott & White Health
Volume 36, 2023 - Issue 2
Case Studies
Cerebral fat embolism syndrome in a patient with homozygous sickle cell disease in the setting of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children
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Gueorgui DubrocqDepartment of Pediatrics, Baylor Scott & White McLane Children’s Medical Center, Temple, TexasCorrespondence[email protected]
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