Upper-extremity deep vein thrombosis: Risk factors, diagnosis, and complications

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 57-62

  Prandoni, Paolo ^a   Polistena, Paola ^a   Bernardi, Enrico ^a   Cogo, Alberto ^a   Casara, Dario ^a   Verlato, Fabio ^a   Angelini, Federico ^a   Simioni, Paolo ^a   Signorini, Gian Paolo ^a   Benedetti, Lino ^a   Girolami, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0031022546     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.157.1.57     Document Type: Article

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