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Relationship between splenic size and splenic function.

R C Smart·F P Ryan·C D Holdworth·F E Preston
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The rate of clearance of 51Cr labelled heat-damaged red cells from the circulation has been compared with the dimensions of the posterior scan of the spleen in 79 cases including nine controls. A strong negative correlation was found between the clearance half-time and the parameters of the scan but, as there was a large variation about the regression line, in the assessment of hyposplenism determination of the rate of clearance of heat-damaged red cells cannot be replaced by the easier determination of spleen size by scanning.

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R C Smart, F P Ryan, C D Holdworth, F E Preston. 1978. Relationship between splenic size and splenic function.. https://doi.org/10.1136/gut.19.1.56

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