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Wandering Spleen

Known as: Splenic Ptosis, Spleens, Drifting, Spleen, Wandering 
A congenital or acquired condition in which the SPLEEN is not in its normal anatomical position but moves about in the ABDOMEN. This is due to laxity… 
National Institutes of Health

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2007
2007
Evidence-based protocols for managing wandering behaviors
Wandering behavior is among the most frequent, problematic, and dangerous phenomena associated with dementia and in the health… 
2007
2007
Laparoscopic Mesh Splenopexy (Sandwich Technique) for Wandering Spleen
Background: Wandering spleen is a rare clinical condition caused by incomplete fusion of the 4 primary splenic ligaments… 
2006
2006
Is it a DC, is it an NK? No, it's an IKDC
A new type of immune system cell now comes to light in mice: the interferon-producing killer dendritic cell (IKDC). This cell… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
Clinical presentation of wandering spleen.
BACKGROUND Wandering spleen (WS) is an uncommon condition with a variety of clinical presentations. METHODS The medical files… 
1995
1995
Hydrologic, vegetation, and substrate characteristics of floating marshes in sediment-rich wetlands of the Mississippi river delta plain, Louisiana, USA
Floating marshes occur over 70% of the western Terrebonne Basin, Louisiana, USA, freshwater coastal wetlands. They are of several… 
Review
1992
Review
1992
The wandering spleen.
Wandering spleen is an unusual entity, occurring in both sexes and at any age, but is more frequent in women of reproductive age… 
1991
1991
Floating thrombi: diagnosis and follow-up by duplex ultrasound.
The clinical features and evolution of floating thrombi (FT) diagnosed by duplex ultrasound were examined. In 76 consecutively… 
1981
1981
Characteristics of the cell populations involved in extra-thymic lymphosarcoma induced in C57BL/6 mice by RadLV-Rs.
Highly Cited
1960
Highly Cited
1960
The phospholipids of ox spleen with special reference to the fatty acid and fatty aldehyde compositions of the lecithin and kephalin fractions.
tissues and found to be present in amounts from 0 5 to 150 umg./g. dry wt. 3. The metal was also determined in nine samples of… 
Highly Cited
1959
Highly Cited
1959
Pathological changes in F1 hybrid mice following transplantation of spleen cells from donors of the parental strains.
It has already been reported by one of us (Boyse, 1959) that intraperitoneal transplants of spleen cells from A strain donor mice… 
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