Port-A-Cath usage in children with haemophilia: Experience of 53 cases

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1051-1054

  Ljung, R ^a   Van Den Berg, M ^b   Petrini, P ^c   Tengborn, L ^d   Scheibel, E ^e   Kekomaki R ^f   Effenberger, W ^f  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Central venous catheter; Factor IX; Factor VIII; Haemophilia A; Haemophilia B; Port A Cath

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 9; HEPARIN;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; HEMOPHILIA; HEMOPHILIA A; HEMOPHILIA B; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR ACCESS;

CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEMOPHILIA A; HUMANS; INFANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031697705     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/080352598750031365     Document Type: Article

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