Relationship between splenomegaly and hematologic findings in patients with hepatosplenic schistosomiasis

Relationship between splenomegaly and hematologic findings in patients with hepatosplenic schistosomiasis

BACKGROUND Schistosomiasis is a tropical disease. Patients who develop hepatosplenic schistosomiasis have clinical findings including periportal fibrosis, portal hypertension, cytopenia, splenomegaly and gastrointestinal hemorrhage. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to analyze the hemostatic an...

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Main Authors: Luiz Arthur Calheiros Leite, Ana Lucia Coutinho Domingues, Edmundo Pessoa Lopes, Rita de Cassia dos Santos Ferreira, Adenor de Almeida Pimenta Filho, Caique Silveira Martins da Fonseca, Bianka Santana dos Santos, Vera Lucia de Menezes Lima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-01-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia
Subjects:
Schistosomiasis mansoni
Schistosomiasis
Splenomegaly
Hypersplenism
Thrombocytopenia
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