The function of the spleen in adults after ligation of the splenic artery of the traumatized spleen in childhood

Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 583-585

  Keramidas, Dimitrios C ^a,b   Soutis, Michael ^a  

^a AGHIA SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; TECHNETIUM TIN COLLOID TC 99M;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ABDOMINAL SCINTISCANNING; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD INJURY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN ARTERY; SPLEEN FUNCTION; SPLEEN INJURY; SPLENECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACCINATION;

EID: 0038441593     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/msy.2003.137     Document Type: Article

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