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Editorial

Neurocognitive function in sickle cell disease: have we been missing something?

F Daniel Armstrong Department of Pediatrics, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, PO Box 016820 (D-820), Miami, FL 33101, USA and Holtz Children’s Hospital at UM/, Jackson Memorial Medical Center, Miami, FL, USA. [email protected]
Pages 519-521 | Published online: 10 Jan 2014

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