Splenectomy for Children with Thalassemia

International Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 269-273

  Al Salem, Ahmed H ^a,b   Nasserulla, Zaki ^a  

^a QATIF CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b NONE   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Thalassemia major; Hb H disease; Partial splenectomy; Postsplenectomy sepsis; Splenectomy

Indexed keywords

PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLENECTOMY; THALASSEMIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLENECTOMY; THALASSEMIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0042807203     PISSN: 00208868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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