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Bilateral psoas abscesses and vertebral osteomyelitis in a patient with sickle cell disease

M Asnani1, E W Williams, S Cawich

  • 1TMRI, Sickle Cell Unit, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica. monika.parshadasnani@uwimona.edu.jm

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|July 11, 2012
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