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Hepatobiliary Complications of Sickle Cell Anemia

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SCA can affect any part of the body and poses diagnostic and therapeutic dilemmas to the treating physicians.

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Al-Salem, A. (2016). Hepatobiliary Complications of Sickle Cell Anemia. In: Medical and Surgical Complications of Sickle Cell Anemia. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24762-5_6

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