Is splenectomy for massive splenomegaly safe in children?

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 42-45

  Al Salem, Ahmed H ^a  

^a Qatif Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERSPLENISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY;

EID: 0032841034     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(99)00118-X     Document Type: Article

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