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. 1985 Nov;143(5):670–672.

Altitude-related specific infarction in sickle cell trait--case reports of a father and son.

N M Goldberg, J P Dorman, C A Riley, E J Armbruster Jr
PMCID: PMC1306452  PMID: 4082573

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