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Incidentally detected asplenia in a healthy 64-year-old female live kidney donor

Heterotaxia syndromes are rare birth defects which can result in developmental malformations. A 64-year-old woman presented to the hospital for preoperative screening for kidney donation; during which she was found to have no gallbladder and no spleen, without any signs of surgical removal. This cou...

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Autores principales: Wolff, Leoniek D., Nijboer, Mijntje N., vd Wetering, Jacqueline, Dor, Frank J.M.F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5410883/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28473921
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omx012