Does splenectomy protect against immune-mediated complications in blunt trauma patients?

Molecular Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 7-8, 2009, Pages 263-267

  Crandall, Marie ^a   Shapiro, Michael B ^a   West, Michael A ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE MEDIATED INJURY; INJURY SEVERITY; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN INJURY; SPLENECTOMY; VAGOTOMY; VENTILATED PATIENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLEEN; SPLENECTOMY; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 67650489921     PISSN: 10761551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2119/molmed.2009.00029     Document Type: Article

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