Life-threatening splenic hemorrhage in two patients with Gaucher disease

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 140-142

  Stone, Deborah L ^a   Ginns, Edward I ^a   Krasnewich, Donna ^a   Sidransky, Ellen ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Gaucher disease; Glucocerebrosidase; Splenectomy; Splenic hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FIBROSIS; GAUCHER DISEASE; HUMAN; LIPIDOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN DISEASE; SPLEEN RUPTURE; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY;

ADULT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; GAUCHER DISEASE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034115553     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8652(200006)64:2<140::AID-AJH14>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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