Danazol and limb-threatening arterial thrombosis: Two case reports

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1123-1126

  Alvarado, Richard G ^a   Liu, Jean Y ^b   Zwolak, Robert M ^c,d  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VA Outcomes Group   (United States)

^c Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical School   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIESTROGEN; DANAZOL; HEPARIN; UROKINASE; WARFARIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; DRUG COMBINATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; LEG; PAIN; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOSIS; VASCULARIZATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANTICOAGULANTS; ARTERIES; CASE REPORT; DANAZOL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; HEPARIN; HUMAN; LEG; PAIN; PLATELET COUNT; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; THROMBOSIS; URINARY PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; WARFARIN;

EID: 0035656137     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mva.2001.118078     Document Type: Article

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