Sickle cell Anemia with avascular necrosis of femur being managed as rheumatic fever
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Institute of Medicine Nepal
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1993-2987,1993-2979
DOI: 10.3126/jiom.v34i1.9121