Causes of massive tropical splenomegaly in Ghana

Lancet

Volumn 360, Issue 9331, 2002, Pages 449-454

  Bedu Addo, George ^a   Bates, Imelda ^b  

^a KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GHANA; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOMA; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPLEEN SIZE; SPLENOMEGALY;

EID: 0037055630     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(02)09680-0     Document Type: Article

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