Anticoagulant therapy in pregnancy: Report of 54 cases

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 217-221

  Lécuru, Fabrice ^a   Desnos, Michel ^a   Taurelle, Roland ^a  

^a Hopital Boucicaut   (France)

Author keywords

Anticoagulant therapy; Coumarin embryopathy; Hemorrhagic complications; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ACENOCOUMAROL; HEPARIN CALCIUM; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG FATALITY; EMBRYO; EMBRYOPATHY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; INTRACARDIAC THROMBOSIS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SIDE EFFECT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

EID: 0029912327     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016349609047090     Document Type: Article

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