Assessment of splenic function

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1465-1473

  De Porto, A P N A ^a   Lammers, A J J ^a   Bennink, R J ^a   Ten Berge, I J M ^a   Speelman, P ^a   Hoekstra, J B L ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROCYTE TC 99M; TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M;

CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELIAC DISEASE; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENTERITIS; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROPHAGOCYTOSIS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HOWELL JOLLY BODY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; MEMORY CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPLEEN FUNCTION; SPLEEN SCINTISCANNING;

ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE INCLUSIONS; ERYTHROCYTES, ABNORMAL; HUMANS; SODIUM PERTECHNETATE TC 99M; SPLEEN; SPLENIC DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 78651286586     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-010-1049-1     Document Type: Review

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