The Reservoir Function of the Spleen and Its Relation to Postsplenectomy Anemia in the Dog

ELENES, NICOLAS ARIAS; EWALD, ROGER A.; CROSBY, WILLIAM H.

doi:10.1182/blood.V24.3.299.299

NICOLAS ARIAS ELENES, M.D.,

NICOLAS ARIAS ELENES, M.D.

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1Department of Hematology, Walter Reed Army Institue of Research, Washington, D. C.

2Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, D. C.; Present address: Servicio de Hematologia, Hospital General del IMSS, Centro Medico Nacional, Mexico D.F., Mexico

Department of Hematology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, D. C. (Requests for reprints should be directed to Colonel William H. Crosby, MC.)

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ROGER A. EWALD, MC,

ROGER A. EWALD, MC

1Department of Hematology, Walter Reed Army Institue of Research, Washington, D. C.

3Department of Hematology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, D. C.

Department of Hematology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, D. C. (Requests for reprints should be directed to Colonel William H. Crosby, MC.)

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WILLIAM H. CROSBY, MC

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1Department of Hematology, Walter Reed Army Institue of Research, Washington, D. C.

3Department of Hematology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, D. C.

Department of Hematology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, D. C. (Requests for reprints should be directed to Colonel William H. Crosby, MC.)

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Blood (1964) 24 (3): 299–304.

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Abstract

Nylon nets sutured around intact dog spleens mechanically prevented them from functioning as red cell reservoirs. Failure of the animals to develop anemia indicates that loss of the reservoir function of the spleen is not involved in the postsplenectomy anemia of the dog.

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