Venous thrombosis in traumatic brain injury

Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 515-519

  Burke, David T ^a,b  

^a and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; BRAIN INJURY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOGENESIS; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0032693215     PISSN: 08859701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001199-199910000-00015     Document Type: Review

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