Herrick’s 1910 Case Report of Sickle Cell Anemia: The Rest of the Story

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 261, Issue 2, 1989, Pages 266-271

  Savitt, Todd L ^a   Goldberg, Morton F ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC OR RACIAL ASPECTS; HUMAN; INDIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHICAGO; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HISTORY OF MEDICINE, 19TH CENT.; HISTORY OF MEDICINE, 20TH CENT.; HUMAN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; WEST INDIES;

EID: 0024561402     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1989.03420020120042     Document Type: Article

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