Definitions

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  • adjective Of or pertaining to the liver and spleen.

Etymologies

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hepato- +‎ splenic

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Examples

  • One cancer of particular concern is a rare type of lymphoma called hepatosplenic T-cell lymphoma that has been reported mostly in adolescent or young adult male patients who were also on immunosuppressant medications known as thiopurines, making the role of drugs like Remicade unclear.

    FDA Panel Backs Additional Use of J&J's Remicade Jennifer Corbett Dooren 2011

  • If cases of hepatosplenic T cell lymphoma are excluded from the calculation, the reporting rate for lymphomas with infliximab drops to 22 per 100,000 patient years but still exceeds the background rate by 9 times.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • Be enterotoxigenic your journal of intranasal insulin with chitosan is hepatosplenic before hurting the lotion, and do surgically endoscopio it on bod that is managable or irritated.

    Wii-volution 2010

  • A risk for the development of hepatosplenic T-cell lymphoma in patients treated with HUMIRA cannot be excluded.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2008

  • Rare postmarketing cases of hepatosplenic T-cell lymphoma have been identified in patients treated with adalimumab.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2008

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