Multiple aortic thrombi associated with protein C and S deficiency

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 319-322

  Onwuanyi, Anekwe ^a   Sachdeva, Rajesh ^b   Hamiram, Kamran ^c   Islam, Mohammed ^a   Parris, Robert ^a  

^a QUEENS HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c GRADUATE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN C; PROTEIN S;

ADULT; AORTA THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; PROTEIN C DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN S DEFICIENCY; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0035092382     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/76.3.319     Document Type: Article

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