Prevalence and risk factors for red blood cell alloimmunisation among sickle cell patients in Mwanza City, Tanzania
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عنوان ژورنال: African Journal of Laboratory Medicine
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2225-2010,2225-2002
DOI: 10.4102/ajlm.v9i1.823