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The Acute Chest Syndrome of Sickle Cell Disease

N Engl J Med 2000; 343:591August 24, 2000

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The Acute Chest Syndrome of Sickle Cell Disease (Editorial, N Engl J Med 2000:342;1904 - 1907) . Beginning on page 1904, the second sentence of the editorial should have read, “The substitution of valine for glutamic acid in β-globin has been known as the cause of sickle cell anemia since 1957,” not “The substitution of valine for glycine,” as printed.