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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">De :</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> leish-l-bounces@lineu.icb.usp.br [mailto:leish-l-bounces@lineu.icb.usp.br]
<b>De la part de</b> Dr Omar Hamarsheh<br>
<b>Envoyé :</b> mardi 27 août 2013 09:28<br>
<b>À :</b> 'Carlos Costa'; 'Leish-L'<br>
<b>Objet :</b> Re: [Leish-l] spleen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D">I am not an immunologist but I have an opinion that I would like to share; splenectomy cures patients with Visceral Leishmaniasis.
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color:#1F497D">large masses of Leishmania in case of visceral Leishmaniasis is existed in reticuloendothelial system including spleen. Removal of spleen will
remove huge masses of the parasite infected cells. In cases of serious splenomegaly and cytopenia, spelenectomy become a good option.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Omar Hamarsheh, MSc., PhD<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Al-Quds University<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Carlos Costa<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 21, 2013 3:53 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Leish-L<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Leish-l] spleen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black">Do you have any guess on why splenectomy cures kala-azar? Would it be the absence of spleen-derived IL-10?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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