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. 1993 Nov 27;307(6916):1408–1409. doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6916.1408

Increased risk of sepsis after splenectomy.

H A Deodhar ¹, R J Marshall ¹, J N Barnes ¹

PMCID: PMC1679596 PMID: 8274896

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