A case of pulmonary embolism caused by paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria

Japanese Circulation Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 61-63

  Fukumoto, Yoshihiro ^a   Urabe, Yoshitoshi ^a   Kubo, Toshihiko ^a   Kaku, Tohru ^a   Ohno, Yuju ^a   Johkou, Takatoshi ^b   Tanaka, Hiroshi ^b  

^a KITAKYUSHU MUNICIPAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b Mojiekisaikai Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hemolysis; Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEPARINIZATION; HUMAN; LIMB; LIVER VEIN THROMBOSIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PAROXYSMAL NOCTURNAL HEMOGLOBINURIA; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINURIA, PAROXYSMAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM;

EID: 0031916258     PISSN: 00471828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/jcj.62.61     Document Type: Article

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