Isolated spleen agenesis: A rare cause of thrombocytosis mimicking essential thrombocythemia

Haematologica

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1211-1213

  Chanet, V ^a   Tournilhac, O ^a   Dieu Bellamy, V ^a   Boiret, N ^a   Spitz, P ^a   Baud, O ^a   Darcha, C ^a   Travade, P ^a   Laurichesse, H ^a  

^a HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

Author keywords

Asplenia; Essential thrombocythemia; Thrombocytosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPLENIA; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; MALE; MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDER; SPLENECTOMY; THROMBOCYTHEMIA; THROMBOCYTOSIS;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ERYTHROCYTE INCLUSIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPLEEN; THROMBOCYTHEMIA, HEMORRHAGIC; THROMBOCYTOSIS;

EID: 0033659722     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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