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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...
| Autores principales: | , , , , , |
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| Formato: | Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Springer-Verlag
2010
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| 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 |