Robot-assisted splenectomy in a teenager with chronic autoimmune thrombocytopenia
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Splenectomy for immune thrombocytopenia.
As with most reports of splenectomy for immune thrombocytopenia, the recent study claiming efficacy of splenectomy for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-related thrombocytopenia is uncontrolled, and combines responses of more and less severely thrombocytopenic patients.' In addition, important information is omitted. What were the mean platelet count increases, partial versus complete response...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2213-5766
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsc.2020.101477