The morphological variations of the human spleen

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 159-162

  Chaware, Prashant Nashiket ^a   Belsare, Swati Milind ^b   Kulkarni, Yashwant Ramkrishna ^c   Pandit, Sudhir Vishnupant ^a   Ughade, Jaideo Manohar ^a  

^a Shri Vasantrao Naik Government Medical College   (India)

^b Maharashtra Institute of Medical Education and Research (MIMER Medical College)   (India)

^c GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Accessory spleen; Spleen; Splenic variations

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY SPLEEN; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MORPHOLOGY; SPLEEN; SPLEEN SIZE; SPLEEN WEIGHT;

EID: 84860129661     PISSN: 2249782X     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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