Left Ventricular Dysfunction in Sickle Cell Disease: the Value of an Electrocardiographic Marker of Increased Risk of Arrhythmia

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Journal Cardiovasc J Afr

Specialty Cardiology & Vascular Diseases

Date 2011 May 11

PMID 21556445

Authors

I Oguanobi

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