Low-molecular-weight heparin for obstetric thromboprophylaxis: Experience of sixty-nine pregnancies in sixty-one women at high risk

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 176, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1062-1068

  Nelson Piercy, C ^a   Letsky, E A ^a   De Swiet, M ^a  

^a QUEEN CHARLOTTE S AND CHELSEA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bone densitometry; Low molecular weight heparin; pregnancy; thromboprophylaxis

Indexed keywords

ENOXAPARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; BONE DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0030957087     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(97)70403-4     Document Type: Article

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