Etiology of Catheter-Associated Sepsis: Correlation With Thrombogenicity

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 112, Issue 12, 1977, Pages 1497-1499

  Stillman, Richard M ^a   Soliman, Fawzi ^a   Garcia, Luis ^a   Sawyer, Philip N ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; SEPTICEMIA; THROMBOSIS;

ACRYLATES; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; ETHYLENES; HUMAN; SEPTICEMIA; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0017636022     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.1977.01370120087011     Document Type: Article

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