Acute non-traumatic arm ischaemia

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1340-1346

  Eyers, P ^a   Earnshaw, J J ^a  

^a GLOUCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; ILOPROST;

AGE; ARM AMPUTATION; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CATHETER; CLAUDICATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EMBOLECTOMY; FOREARM; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIMB ISCHEMIA; LIMB SALVAGE; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; STROKE; SYMPATHECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARM; EMBOLECTOMY; EMBOLISM; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0031668801     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.1998.00884.x     Document Type: Article

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