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Abstract
Enlargement of the spleen.
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2 entry terms
- Enlarged Spleen
- Spleen, Enlarged
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35 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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do not confuse with HYPERSPLENISM, increase in splenic hemolytic function; IM only if point of article; do not index at all if the usual symptom of a disease; NIM if merely one of many symptoms in article
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Splenomegaly. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013163. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013163
- Splenomegaly. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splenomegaly
- Splenomegaly. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1129121