Bacteraemia in Kenyan children with sickle-cell anaemia: a retrospective cohort and case–control study
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- 10 September 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in The Lancet
- Vol. 374 (9698) , 1364-1370
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(09)61374-x
Abstract
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- Wellcome Trust (076934)
- JM (072064)
- KM (077092)
- JAB (083579)
- JAGS (081835)
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