The red cell distribution width in sickle cell disease--is it of clinical value?

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Published in Clin Lab Haematol on January 01, 1991

Authors

M Thame1, Y Grandison, K Mason, M Thompson, D Higgs, J Morris, B Serjeant, G Serjeant

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Child Health, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston Jamaica.

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