Splenectomy Improves Hemostatic and Liver Functions in Hepatosplenic Schistosomiasis Mansoni

BACKGROUND: Schistosomiasis mansoni is a chronic liver disease, in which some patients (5–10%) progress to the most severe form, hepatosplenic schistosomiasis. This form is associated with portal hypertension and splenomegaly, and often episodes of gastrointestinal bleeding, even with liver function...

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Autores principales: Leite, Luiz Arthur Calheiros, Pimenta Filho, Adenor Almeida, Ferreira, Rita de Cássia dos Santos, da Fonseca, Caíque Silveira Martins, dos Santos, Bianka Santana, Montenegro, Silvia Maria Lucena, Lopes, Edmundo Pessoa de Almeida, Domingues, Ana Lúcia Coutinho, Owen, James Stuart, Lima, Vera Lucia de Menezes
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4534302/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26267788
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0135370

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4534302/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26267788
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0135370

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