Splenomegaly in Children and Adolescents

• Main Authors: Meinolf Suttorp (Author), Carl Friedrich Classen (Author)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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In contrast to other lymphoid tissues making up the immune system, the spleen as its biggest organ is directly linked into the blood circulation. Beside its main task to filter out microorganism, proteins, and overaged or pathologically altered blood cells, also humoral and cellular immune responses...