Oral anticoagulation in patients with gynecological cancer and radiotherapy: A retrospective analysis of 132 patients

Anticancer Research

Volumn 18, Issue 3 B, 1998, Pages 2047-2051

  Graf, A H ^a   Graf, B ^a   Brandis, M G ^a   Kogelnik, H D ^a   Staudach, A ^a   Traun, H ^a  

^a St Johanns Spital   (Austria)

Author keywords

Gynecological cancer; Oral anticoagulation; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ACENOCOUMAROL; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; COUMARIN; HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANCER SURGERY; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; KIDNEY VEIN THROMBOSIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0031927155     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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