Managing pulmonary embolism

British Medical Journal

Volumn 326, Issue 7403, 2003, Pages 1341-1342

  Janata, Karin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0037899017     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.326.7403.1341     Document Type: Editorial

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