Spontaneous splenic rupture associated with Listeria endocarditis

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1086.e3-1086.e5

  Llanwarne, Nadia ^a   Badic, Bogdan ^a   Delugeau, Véronique ^a   Landen, Serge ^a  

^a Brussels Saint Elisabeth Clinic   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACENOCOUMAROL; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN RUPTURE; SPLENECTOMY; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 36149000564     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2007.03.018     Document Type: Article

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