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Sickle-cell erythrocytes in the placentas of dengue-infected women

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES (2012)

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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Volume 16, Issue 1, Pages E72-E72

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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2011.09.005

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