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Normal delivery is still a challenge during pregnancy in sickle cell disease patients

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  1. Saliou Diop

    Present address: Service d’Hématologie adultes (Pr Bruno Varet), Hôpital necker-enfants malades, 139 rue de Sèvres, 75743, Paris Cedex 15, France

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  1. Service d’Hématologie de l’université de Dakar, Avenue Cheikh Anta Diop, BP 5002, Dakar-Fann, Sénégal

    Saliou Diop, Patrick Sarr, Awa Oumar Toure-Fall, Doudou Thiam & Lamine Diakhaté

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Diop, S., Sarr, P., Toure-Fall, A.O. et al. Normal delivery is still a challenge during pregnancy in sickle cell disease patients. Ann Hematol 84, 194–195 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-004-0871-x

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