New developments in acute anticoagulation therapy: What improvements over traditional heparin are on the horizon?

Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 129-136

  Carter, Cedric J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANCROD; HEPARIN; HIRUDIN; WARFARIN;

ANTICOAGULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEPARINIZATION; HUMAN; INHIBITION KINETICS; PATIENT MONITORING; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0029885607     PISSN: 00325481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00325481.1996.11946140     Document Type: Conference Paper

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