A comparison of six weeks with six months of oral anticoagulant therapy after a first episode of venous thromboembolism

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 332, Issue 25, 1995, Pages 1661-1665

  Schulman, Sam ^a   Rhedin, Ann Sofie ^a   Lindmarker, Per ^a   Carlsson, Anders ^a   Lårfars, Gerd ^a   Nicol, Peter ^a   Loogna, Enno ^a   Svensson, Else ^a   Ljungberg, Bengt ^a   Walter, Hans ^a   Viering, Stanka ^a   Nordlander, Sune ^a   Leijd, Barbro ^a   Jönsson, Kjell Ake ^a   Hjorth, Martin ^a   Linder, Olle ^a   Boberg, Jonas ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICOUMAROL; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENCE RISK; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ANTICOAGULANTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RECURRENCE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029021115     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199506223322501     Document Type: Article

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