Splenectomy Improves Hemostatic and Liver Functions in Hepatosplenic Schistosomiasis Mansoni

BACKGROUND: Schistosomiasis mansoni is a chronic liver disease, in which some patients (5–10%) progress to the most severe form, hepatosplenic schistosomiasis. This form is associated with portal hypertension and splenomegaly, and often episodes of gastrointestinal bleeding, even with liver function...

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Autori principali: Leite, Luiz Arthur Calheiros, Pimenta Filho, Adenor Almeida, Ferreira, Rita de Cássia dos Santos, da Fonseca, Caíque Silveira Martins, dos Santos, Bianka Santana, Montenegro, Silvia Maria Lucena, Lopes, Edmundo Pessoa de Almeida, Domingues, Ana Lúcia Coutinho, Owen, James Stuart, Lima, Vera Lucia de Menezes
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Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: Public Library of Science 2015
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4534302/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26267788
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0135370
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