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Sickle Cell Disease: Case Study

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1. List your publications/presentations, if applicable. Include authorship rank, submitted/published/ presented, when/where, work in progress.

Paper
Drazen, C. H., Abel, R., Gabir, M., Farmer, G. and King, A. A., Prevalence of Developmental Delay and Contributing Factors Among Children With Sickle Cell Disease. 2016 Mar;63(3):504-10. doi: 10.1002/pbc.25838. Epub 2015 Nov 17
Presentation
“The Assessment of Quality of Life in Infants with Sickle Cell Disease.” Mohamed Gabir. 2015 PHASE and SPRINGH Symposia; St. Louis, Missouri: July 30-31, 2015.

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When the AAMC surveys medical students, they report a wide range of factors that influenced their choice of medical school to attend. The top ten most cited factors are listed below. Which of these do you anticipate being important to you? Are there other factors you know you want to consider in choosing schools to which you will apply?

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