Congenital absence of spleen

On June 20, 2012, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommended routine use of 13-valent pneumococcal… Expand

Invasive disease from Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) is a major cause of illness and death in the United States, with an… Expand

CONTEXT Autoimmune polyendocrinopathy-candidiasis-ectodermal dystrophy is known as a rare hereditary disease with classic triad… Expand

ABSTRACT The high-mobility-group domain-containing transcription factor Sox11 is expressed transiently during embryonic… Expand

Aims—Patients without spleens are at increased risk of overwhelming infection. Recently, greater efforts, including the… Expand

Heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) is recommended for universal use in children 23 months and younger, to be given… Expand

Situs anomalies present a diagnostic challenge to radiologists because of the overlapping spectrum of findings commonly seen in… Expand

A long-term follow-up of 740 American servicemen splenectomised because of trauma during the 1939-45 war showed a significant… Expand

Abstract Observation of Howell—Jolly bodies in the blood of children with sickle-cell anemia suggested the paradox of splenic… Expand

Abstract In 60 necropsied cases of single or common ventricle in man, four major unrelated ventricular malformations were found… Expand