HYPOSPLENISM

sickle-cell disease

radiation

coeliac disease

malignancy

ulcerative colitis

alcoholism and drug addiction

tropical sprue

systemic lupus erythematosus

Fanconi's anaemia

HIV infection

splenectomy / trauma to spleen

amyloidosis

'reticulo-endothelial block'

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