Accessory splenectomy in the management of recurrent immune thrombocytopenic purpura

American Surgeon

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1077-1078

  Walters, David N ^a   Roberts, Jerry L ^a   Votaw, May ^a  

^a East Tennessee State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY SPLEEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPLENECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; RECURRENCE; SPLEEN; SPLENECTOMY;

EID: 0031730731     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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