Frequent detection of functional hyposplenism via assessment of pitted erythrocytes in patients with advanced liver cirrhosis

<h4>Background</h4> Asplenia or functional hyposplenism are risk factors for severe infections, and vaccinations against encapsulated bacteria are advised. There are only limited data regarding the spleen function of cirrhotic patients. <h4>Methods</h4> We evaluated spleen fu...

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Main Authors: Malte H. Wehmeyer, Harsha Sekhri, Raluca Wroblewski, Antonio Galante, Thomas Meyer, Ansgar W. Lohse, Julian Schulze zur Wiesch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9292104/?tool=EBI