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                                                                <journal-id>hitit medical journal</journal-id>
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                                                                                    <journal-title>Hitit Medical Journal</journal-title>
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                                        <issn pub-type="epub">2687-4717</issn>
                                                                                            <publisher>
                    <publisher-name>Hitit Üniversitesi</publisher-name>
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                                        <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.52827/hititmedj.1496219</article-id>
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                                                            <subject>Cardiology</subject>
                                                            <subject>Endocrinology</subject>
                                                            <subject>Gastroenterology and Hepatology</subject>
                                                    </subj-group>
                                            <subj-group  xml:lang="tr">
                                                            <subject>Kardiyoloji </subject>
                                                            <subject>Endokrinoloji</subject>
                                                            <subject>Gastroenteroloji ve Hepatoloji</subject>
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                                                                                                                        <article-title>Unraveling the Complexity of Spleen Evaluation: A Critical Analysis of Ultrasonography Studies</article-title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <trans-title-group xml:lang="tr">
                                    <trans-title>Dalak Değerlendirmesinin Karmaşıklığının Çözülmesi: Ultrasonografi Çalışmalarının Eleştirel Bir Analizi</trans-title>
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                                                                        <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4353-8199</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Hidig</surname>
                                    <given-names>Sakarie Mustafe</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>Zhejiang University</aff>
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                                        <pub-date pub-type="pub" iso-8601-date="20241014">
                    <day>10</day>
                    <month>14</month>
                    <year>2024</year>
                </pub-date>
                                        <volume>6</volume>
                                        <issue>3</issue>
                                        <fpage>396</fpage>
                                        <lpage>398</lpage>
                        
                        <history>
                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20240605">
                        <day>06</day>
                        <month>05</month>
                        <year>2024</year>
                    </date>
                                                    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="20240801">
                        <day>08</day>
                        <month>01</month>
                        <year>2024</year>
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                                        <permissions>
                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 2019, Hitit Medical Journal</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>2019</copyright-year>
                    <copyright-holder>Hitit Medical Journal</copyright-holder>
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                                                                                                <abstract><p>Letter to Editor: Unraveling the Complexity of Spleen Evaluation: A Critical Analysis of Ultrasonography Studies</p></abstract>
                                                                                                                                    <trans-abstract xml:lang="tr">
                            <p>Editöre Mektup: Dalak Değerlendirmesinin Karmaşıklığının Çözülmesi: Ultrasonografi Çalışmalarının Eleştirel Bir Analizi</p></trans-abstract>
                                                            
            
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                                                    <kwd>Ultrasonography</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Splenic dimensions</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Splenomegaly</kwd>
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                                                    <kwd>ultrasonografi</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  dalak boyutlari</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  splenomegali</kwd>
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                                <named-content content-type="funder_name">Non Applicable</named-content>
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                        <label>1</label>
                        <mixed-citation publication-type="journal">Metin O, Gurbuz D. Evaluation of Spleen with Ultrasonography: Single Measurement or Volume Detection? Hitit Medical Journal. June 2023;5(2):90-94.</mixed-citation>
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