the failure of the immunized rabbit to give a significant secondary immune response to srbc if splenectomy was first carried out at a time postprimary iv immunization when all memory cells to the original antigen are sequestered only in the spleen ( i.e. , days 40 to 100 ) constitutes an animal model which provides a credible immunological explanation for the postsplenectomy syndrome which affects a minority of splenectomized individuals .
C0037995
splenectomy
C0037993
spleen