Frequency and prevention of symptomless deep-vein thrombosis in long-haul flights: A randomised trial

Lancet

Volumn 357, Issue 9267, 2001, Pages 1485-1489

  Scurr, John H ^a,d   Machin, Samuel J ^b   Bailey King, Sarah ^c   Mackie, Ian J ^b   McDonald, Sally ^b   Smith, Philip D Coleridge ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Stamford Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^d LISTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5; DIMER; PROTHROMBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0035849287     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)04645-6     Document Type: Article

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