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title_fullStr Cerebrovascular events in sickle cell‐beta thalassemia treated with hydroxyurea: A single center prospective survey in adult Italians
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title_short Cerebrovascular events in sickle cell‐beta thalassemia treated with hydroxyurea: A single center prospective survey in adult Italians
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spellingShingle Rigano, Paolo, Pecoraro, Alice, Calvaruso, Giuseppina, Steinberg, Martin H., Iannello, Sonia, Maggio, Aurelio, American Journal of Hematology, Cerebrovascular events in sickle cell‐beta thalassemia treated with hydroxyurea: A single center prospective survey in adult Italians, Hematology
title Cerebrovascular events in sickle cell‐beta thalassemia treated with hydroxyurea: A single center prospective survey in adult Italians
title_full Cerebrovascular events in sickle cell‐beta thalassemia treated with hydroxyurea: A single center prospective survey in adult Italians
title_fullStr Cerebrovascular events in sickle cell‐beta thalassemia treated with hydroxyurea: A single center prospective survey in adult Italians
title_full_unstemmed Cerebrovascular events in sickle cell‐beta thalassemia treated with hydroxyurea: A single center prospective survey in adult Italians
title_short Cerebrovascular events in sickle cell‐beta thalassemia treated with hydroxyurea: A single center prospective survey in adult Italians
title_sort cerebrovascular events in sickle cell‐beta thalassemia treated with hydroxyurea: a single center prospective survey in adult italians
title_unstemmed Cerebrovascular events in sickle cell‐beta thalassemia treated with hydroxyurea: A single center prospective survey in adult Italians
topic Hematology
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajh.23531