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Spleen registry may help reduce the incidence of overwhelming postsplenectomy infection in Victoria
Author(s) -
Denholm Justin T,
Jones Penelope A,
Spelman Denis W,
Cameron Paul U,
Woolley Ian J
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03404.x
Subject(s) - medicine , university hospital , family medicine
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