Antithrombotic treatment of below knee deep venous thrombosis

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 364-

  Hogg, Kerstin ^a   Ashton, Andrew ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ANTICOAGULATION; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KNEE; LEG EDEMA; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDLINE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; META ANALYSIS; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ANTICOAGULANTS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0037622902     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.20.4.364     Document Type: Review

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