Recurrent venous thrombosis in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia and acquired protein S deficiency

Haematologia

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 51-54

  Miljic P ^a   Milosevic Jovicic N ^b   Antunovic P ^a   Boskovic D ^a   Basara, N ^a   Rolovic Z ^a  

^a CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia; Protein s inhibitor; Venous thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; PREDNISONE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEIN S DEFICIENCY; RECURRENT DISEASE; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISONE; PROTEIN S DEFICIENCY; RECURRENCE; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0033644210     PISSN: 00176559     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/15685590051129896     Document Type: Article

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