Sickle Cell Disease Ontology Project

Hypersplenism

http://scdontology.h3abionet.org/ontology/SCDO_0006905

Condition characterized by splenomegaly, some reduction in the number of circulating blood cells in the presence of a normal or hyperactive bone marrow, and the potential for reversal by splenectomy.

Term info

dc:source

Al-Salem, A. H. (2011). Splenic Complications of Sickle Cell Anemia and the Role of Splenectomy. ISRN Hematology, 2011, 864257. http://doi.org/10.5402/2011/864257

definition source

http://www.ebi.ac.uk/efo/EFO_1000975

Hypersplenia