The LONFLIT4-concorde deep venous thrombosis and edema study: Prevention with travel stockings

Angiology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 143-154

  Cesarone, Maria Rosaria ^a   Belcaro, Gianni ^a   Errichi, Bruno M ^a   Nicolaides, Andrew N ^a   Geroulakos, George ^a   Ippolito, Edmondo ^a   Winford, Michelle ^a   Lennox, Andrew ^a   Pellegrini, Luciano ^a   Myers, Kenneth A ^a   Ricci, Andrea ^a   Hans, Claudia ^a   Simeone, Emilio ^a   Bavera, Peter ^a   Dugall, Mark ^a   Moia, Marco ^a   Stuard, Stefano ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; ENOXAPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEVICE; DRUG EFFECT; EDEMA; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; FLIGHT; HEMOCONCENTRATION; HEMOSTASIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; LEG COMPRESSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROANGIOPATHY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PLASMA VISCOSITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAVEL;

EID: 0037347504     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331970305400202     Document Type: Article

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