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Post-splenectomy Sepsis: A Review of the Literature

The spleen is an intraperitoneal organ that performs vital hematological and immunological functions. It maintains both innate and adaptive immunity and protects the body from microbial infections. The removal of the spleen as a treatment method was initiated from the early 1500s for traumatic injur...

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Autores principales: Tahir, Faryal, Ahmed, Jawad, Malik, Farheen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7059871/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32195065
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6898

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