Assessment of immune cells and function of the residual spleen after subtotal splenectomy due to splenomegaly in cirrhotic patients

BACKGROUND: The spleen is thought to be central in regulating the immune system, a metabolic asset involved in endocrine function. Overwhelming postsplenectomy infection leads to a mortality rate of up to 50%. However, there is still controversy on performing subtotal splenectomy as treatment of spl...

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Autores principales: Chu, Hai-Bo, Zhang, Ting-Guo, Zhao, Jian-Hua, Jian, Feng-Guo, Xu, Yong-Bo, Wang, Tao, Wang, Min, Tang, Jin-Yuan, Sun, Hong-Jie, Li, Kun, Guo, Wen-Jun, Zhu, Xiao-Ji
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4193139/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25293512
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12865-014-0042-3

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