Familial isolated congenital asplenia: case report and literature review.
Congenital asplenia is a rare life-threatening condition, often presenting with pneumococcal sepsis. It may arise as part of situs abnormalities or result from an unrelated specific defect of spleen development. The mode of inheritance is usually autosomal dominant, though sporadic cases are also re...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2010
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