Epidural hematoma associated with enoxaparin

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1072-1075

  Hynson, James M ^a,c   Katz, Jeffrey A ^a   Bueff, H Ulrich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENOXAPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FALLING; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

EID: 0029892292     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199605000-00035     Document Type: Article

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