Deep vein thrombosis is not rare in Asia - The Singapore General Hospital experience

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 761-764

  Lee, Lai Heng ^a   Gu, K Q ^b   Heng, D ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Pulmonary embolism; Risk factors for DVT; Thrombophilia; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBIN; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; PROTEIN C; PROTEIN S;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGAPORE; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0036880284     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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