Heparin Necrosis: An Anticoagulation Syndrome

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 244, Issue 16, 1980, Pages 1831-1832

  Hall, John C ^a   Mcconahay, David ^a   Crockett, James ^a   Conn, Robert ^a   Gibson, David ^a  

^a ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN; COUMARIN; DEPO HEPARIN; DEXTRAN 6%; GENTRAN 25; HEPARIN; HEPATHROM; LIOP HEPIN; METRAN; NED HEPARIN; PREDNISONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WARFARIN;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; CASE REPORT; HEMORRHAGIC SKIN NECROSIS; SKIN NECROSIS; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; THERAPY;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; COUMARINS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HEPARIN; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 0018963405     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1980.03310160047027     Document Type: Article

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