Medical Hypotheses
Volume 59, Issue 1 , Pages 105-109 , July 2002

A hypothesis of haemolysis in haemolytic anaemias associated with enzymopathies

  • P. Wong

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Pierre Wong, PhD, Department of Oncology, McGill University, 546 Pine Ave. West, Montreal, Que., Canada H2W 1S6. Phone: +514-398-5940; fax: +514-398-5111

Received 20 November 2001 ,Accepted 13 February 2002.

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Medical Hypotheses
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