Sickle cell disease - Impact of delayed diagnosis and non compliance to treatment
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چکیده
Sickle cell disease is an autosomal recessive hematological disorder resulting from a missense point mutation in the beta chain of haemoglobin molecule. This article reports case homozygous sickle adult patient with long-standing history non-healing ulcer
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of clinical images and medical case reports
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['2766-7820']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52768/2766-7820/2310