Low molecular weight heparins: Current use and indications

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 187, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 641-658

  Quader, Mohammed A ^a   Stump, Lisa S ^a   Sumpio, Bauer E ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARDEPARIN; CERTOPARIN; DALTEPARIN; ENOXAPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; NADROPARIN; PARNAPARIN; REVIPARIN; TINZAPARIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MECHANISM; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEPARINIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG EMBOLISM; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STROKE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; VASCULAR SURGERY; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0031735240     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1072-7515(98)00255-5     Document Type: Review

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