Hematoma of rectus abdominis muscle as a complication of anticoagulant therapy with heparin calcium in subcutaneous administration;Ematoma del muscolo retto addominale quale complicanza della terapia anticoagulante con eparina calcica s.c.

Minerva Cardioangiologica

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 273-277

  Cavezzi, A ^a   Ragazzi, G ^a,b   Lonardi, R ^a   Tuscano, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abdominal muscle; Anticoagulants, adverse effects; Hematoma diagnosis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; HEPARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PATHOLOGY; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; AGED; CALCIUM; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HEPARIN; HUMANS; MALE; RECTUS ABDOMINIS;

EID: 0031151090     PISSN: 00264725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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