Laparoscopic accessory splenectomy in recurrent chronic immune thrombocytopenic purpura

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 83-85

  Rogers, J ^a   Yousuf, A ^a   Kleinhaus, S ^a,b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessory spleen; Idiopathic thrombocytic purpura; Splenectomy

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY SPLEEN; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPLEEN SCINTISCANNING; SPLENECTOMY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; PLATELET COUNT; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; SPLEEN; SPLENECTOMY;

EID: 0030901581     PISSN: 10517200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019509-199704000-00001     Document Type: Article

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