hyposplenic
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- Relating to, or afflicted with hyposplenism
- 2015 July 4, Hannah Mathew et al., “Howell-Jolly bodies on peripheral smear leading to the diagnosis of congenital hyposplenism in a patient with septic shock”, in Clinical Case Reports[1], volume 3, :
- This case highlights an important finding on the peripheral smear that can lead to interventions that may prevent future episodes of severe sepsis in hyposplenic patients.