Asplenic-hyposplenic overwhelming sepsis: Postsplenectomy sepsis revisited

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 105-121

  Hansen, Katrine ^a   Singer, Don B ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asplenia; Hyposplenia; Sepsis; Splenectomy

Indexed keywords

ASPLENIA; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SPHEROCYTOSIS; SPLEEN INJURY; SPLENECTOMY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SEPSIS; SPLEEN; SPLENECTOMY;

EID: 0035122579     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100240010145     Document Type: Review

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