The spleen in beta thalassaemia minor: Splenomegaly or just 'scanomegaly'?

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 143-

  Ntaios, George ^a   Chatzinikolaou, Anastasia ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Beta thalassaemia minor; Spleen; Splenomegaly

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; LETTER; PALPATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN SIZE; SPLENOMEGALY; THALASSEMIA MINOR;

BETA-THALASSEMIA; HUMANS; SPLEEN; SPLENOMEGALY;

EID: 51249091376     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2008.07306.x     Document Type: Letter

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