Development of impaired splenic function in intestinal lymphangiectasia.
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- 1 August 1985
- Vol. 26 (8) , 861-864
- https://doi.org/10.1136/gut.26.8.861
Abstract
We describe a patient with intestinal lymphangiectasia who developed hyposplenism and speculate that it resulted from chronic loss of lymphocytes into the gut.Keywords
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