Splenic infarction: An update on William Osler's observations

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 362-365

  Lawrence, Yaacov R ^a   Pokroy, Russell ^b   Berlowitz, Daniel ^c   Aharoni, Dvora ^d   Hain, Daniel ^c   Breuer, Gabriel S ^c  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d MAR Imaging Centers Ltd   (Israel)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Bacterial endocarditis; Splenic infarct; Splenic infarction; William Osler

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; INTRACARDIAC THROMBOSIS; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SPLEEN INFARCTION; SPLENECTOMY; THROMBUS; COMPLICATION; HISTORY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLENIC INFARCTION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLENIC INFARCTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954480001     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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