Splenic state in surviving patients with visceral heterotaxy

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 469-473

  Nagel, Bert H P ^a   Williams, Helen ^b   Stewart, Louise ^b   Paul, Joanne ^b   Stümper, Oliver ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Functional asplenia; Howell Jolly bodies; Isomerism; Polysplenia; Visceral heterotaxy

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; POLYSACCHARIDE VACCINE;

ACCESSORY SPLEEN; ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; ASPLENIA; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HETEROTAXY SYNDROME; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; ISOMERISM; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; SPLEEN FUNCTION; VACCINATION;

ABDOMEN; ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ERYTHROCYTE INCLUSIONS; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; PENICILLINS; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; SEPSIS; SPLEEN;

EID: 27744536179     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951105211320     Document Type: Article

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