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Partial Splenectomy in the treatment of an adult with β thalassemia intermedia: A case report

INTRODUCTION: Thalassemia is a common disease which treatment is often based on splenectomy. The risks associated with total splenectomy stimulated partial splenectomy as a potentially alternative therapy. CASE PRESENTATION: A 45 year-old female patient with long term follow-up for β thalassemia int...

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Autores principales: Correia, João Guardado, Moreira, Nídia, Costa Almeida, Carlos Eduardo, Reis, Luís Simões
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5702856/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29546013
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2017.11.011