Hereditary spherocytosis with leg ulcers which healed after splenectomy

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 527-528

  Peretz, Eyal ^a   Hallel Halevy, Dafna ^a   Grunwald, Marcelo H ^a   Halevy, Sima ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Hereditary spherocytosis; Leg ulcers

Indexed keywords

PENTOXIFYLLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HEREDITARY SPHEROCYTOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LEG ULCER; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SPLENECTOMY; ULCER HEALING;

EID: 0030781050     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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