Assessment of splenic function

Hyposplenic patients are at risk of overwhelming post-splenectomy infection (OPSI), which carries mortality of up to 70%. Therefore, preventive measures are warranted. However, patients with diminished splenic function are difficult to identify. In this review we discuss immunological, haematologica...

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Autores principales: de Porto, A. P. N. A., Lammers, A. J. J., Bennink, R. J., ten Berge, I. J. M., Speelman, P., Hoekstra, J. B. L.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2010
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Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2995208/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20853172
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10096-010-1049-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2995208/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20853172
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10096-010-1049-1

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