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Thromb Haemost 1999; 82(06): 1780-1781
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1614922
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The Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase Gene C677T Mutant and Ischemic Stroke in Sickle Cell Disease

M. Catherine Driscoll
1   From the Department of Hematology-Oncology, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
,
Ronald Prauner
1   From the Department of Hematology-Oncology, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
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Received 30 October 1998

Accepted after resubmission 29 June 1999

Publication Date:
10 December 2017 (online)

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