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Old Fri Apr 20, 2012, 04:26 AM
Birgitta-A Birgitta-A is offline
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Removal of spleen

Hi Larsonec,
You know remiving the spleen is a dangerous operation. It is done in patients with for example Myelofibrosis when their spleen is very large. I have never read about this operation in MDS patients.
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Birgitta-A
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