Functional hyposplenism

Hippokratia

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 7-11

  Kirkineska, Lambrini ^a   Perifanis, V ^a   Vasiliadis, T ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Antibiotic prophylaxis; Functional hyposplenism; Immunization; Overwhelming post infection syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL VACCINE; TECHNETIUM 99M; VIRUS VACCINE;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BLOOD SMEAR; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FUNCTIONAL HYPOSPLENISM; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION PREVENTION; OVERWHELMING POST SPLENECTOMY INFECTION SYNDROME; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SPLEEN; SPLEEN SCINTISCANNING; VACCINATION;

EID: 84899450574     PISSN: 11084189     EISSN: 17908019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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