Antiplatelet therapy and the prevention of thrombosis

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 210-215

  Rodgers, A ^a   MacMahon, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; HUMAN; REVIEW; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0029956087     PISSN: 00048291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1996.tb00886.x     Document Type: Review

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