Improved health care utilization and costs in transplanted versus non-transplanted adults with sickle cell disease - Saraf, Santosh L.; Ghimire, Krishna; Patel, Pritesh; Sweiss, Karen; Gowhari, Michel; Molokie, Robert E.; Gordeuk, Victor R.; Rondelli, Damiano (PloS one, 2020)
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