Hyposplenism--a Review

Overview

Journal J R Coll Physicians Lond

Specialty General Medicine

Date 1987 Jul 1

PMID 3302231

Citations 3

Authors

P N Foster

M S Losowsky

Affiliations

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Citing Articles

Functional hyposplenism in alcoholic liver disease: a toxic effect of alcohol?.

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Hyposplenism in gastrointestinal disease.

Muller A, Toghill P Gut. 1995; 36(2):165-7.

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Meningitis after splenectomy.

SELBY C, Toghill P J R Soc Med. 1989; 82(4):206-9.

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