Low-molecular-weight heparins

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 337, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 688-698

  Weitz, Jeffrey I ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARDEPARIN; DALTEPARIN; ENOXAPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; NADROPARIN; REVIPARIN; TINZAPARIN;

DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STROKE; SURGICAL RISK; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOEMBOLISM; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ANTICOAGULANTS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEPARIN, LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT; HUMANS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0030858230     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199709043371007     Document Type: Review

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