Lesson of the Week: Paradoxical embolism in a young woman

BMJ

Volumn 312, Issue 7042, 1996, Pages 1350-

  Edwards, A T ^a   Vig, S ^a   Denvir, M A ^a   Wood, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABOVE KNEE AMPUTATION; ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTERY EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG ISCHEMIA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VENA CAVA FILTER;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EDEMA; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FEMORAL VEIN; FOOT; FOOT ULCER; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; NECROSIS; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0029936361     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.312.7042.1350     Document Type: Article

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