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disease > tropical disease > tropical splenomegaly
disease > splenic disease > splenomegaly > tropical splenomegaly
disease > symptom > hypertrophy > splenomegaly > tropical splenomegaly

Preferred term

tropical splenomegaly  

Definition

  • Tropical splenomegaly syndrome, also known as hyperreactive malarial splenomegaly, occurs due immunological over-stimulation to repeated attacks of malarial infection over a long period of time. (Wikipedia)

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/VH8-V3QCDG5W-W

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