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01-09-2020 | Stroke | Letter to the Editor

Nationwide prevalence and trends in acute cardiovascular events and in-hospital mortality among adult African Americans with sickle cell trait

Authors: Rupak Desai, Snehal Bansod, Upenkumar Patel

Published in: Annals of Hematology | Issue 9/2020

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Title: Nationwide prevalence and trends in acute cardiovascular events and in-hospital mortality among adult African Americans with sickle cell trait
Authors: Rupak Desai
Snehal Bansod
Upenkumar Patel
Publication date: 01-09-2020
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keyword: Stroke
Published in: Annals of Hematology / Issue 9/2020
Print ISSN: 0939-5555
Electronic ISSN: 1432-0584
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-020-04073-8

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