Recurrent abdominal pain with thrombocytosis:A presentation of wandering spleen
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Wandering Spleen with Venous Aneurysm as the Cause of Recurrent Abdominal Pain and Thrombocytopenia
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عنوان ژورنال: Formosan Journal of Surgery
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1682-606X
DOI: 10.4103/fjs.fjs_34_19