Characterization of 'winners' to enoxaparin in the prevention of postoperative venous thromboembolism in digestive surgery

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 616-621

  Reiertsen, O ^a   Mowinckel, P ^b   Bjerkeseth, O ^b   Lovig T ^b   Thorsen, G ^b   Gerner, T ^b   Lotveit T ^b   Larsen, S ^b  

^a AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Characterization; discriminant analysis; enoxaparin; play the winner; prevention of postoperative venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HEPARINIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT PLANNING; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0029977097     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365529609009137     Document Type: Article

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