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An autopsy case of sudden death in a patient with sickle cell disease

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An autopsy finding of sudden death due to disseminated intra-vascular sickling of RBCs in a young adult male from Madhya Pradesh while undergoing army recruitment rally, is reported because of its rarity in this part of the country.

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  1. Dept. of Pathology, Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Lamphel, Imphal, Manipur, 795 004, India

    S. Subadani Devi & Kaushik Debnath

  2. Dept. of Forensic Medicine, Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Lamphel, Imphal, Manipur, 795 004, India

    H. Nabachandra Singh

  3. Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Lamphel, Imphal, Manipur, 795 004, India

    Madhubala Devi & Th. Mira Devi

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Devi, M., Subadani Devi, S., Debnath, K. et al. An autopsy case of sudden death in a patient with sickle cell disease. Indian J Hematol Blood Transfus 23, 109–111 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12288-008-0009-8

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