Laparoscopic splenectomy for isolated sarcoidosis of the spleen

Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques - Part A

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 160-162

  Zia, Hasan ^a   Zemon, Harry ^a   Brody, Fredrick ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; BILIRUBIN; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERSPLENISM; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SPLEEN; SPLEEN RUPTURE; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOIDOSIS; SPLENIC DISEASES;

EID: 18744392266     PISSN: 10926429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lap.2005.15.160     Document Type: Article

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