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Ovalocytosis and cerebral malaria

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  1. Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, PO Box 378, Madang, Papua New Guinea

    Blaise Genton, Fadwa AI-Yaman, Charles S. Mgone, Neal Alexander, Michael M. Paniu & Michael P. Alpers

  2. Madang General Hospital, Madang, Papua New Guinea

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Genton, B., AI-Yaman, F., Mgone, C. et al. Ovalocytosis and cerebral malaria. Nature 378, 564–565 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1038/378564a0

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