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Left upper quadrant abdominal pain in malaria: suspect pathological splenic rupture first

TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE (2010)

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TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE

Volume 104, Issue 9, Pages 628-628

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ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC

DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2010.06.005

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pathological splenic rupture; malaria; splenic infarction

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