Importance of Findings on the Initial Evaluation for Cancer in Patients with Symptomatic Idiopathic Deep Venous Thrombosis

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 125, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 785-793

  Cornuz, Jacques ^a   Pearson, Steven D ^b   Creager, Mark A ^c   Cook, E Francis ^c   Goldman, Lee ^d  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DECISION TREE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LUNG; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOPHLEBITIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DECISION TREES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LUNG; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0030588641     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-125-10-199611150-00001     Document Type: Article

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