Intensity of long-term treatment with warfarin is influenced by seasonal variations

Pathophysiology of Haemostasis and Thrombosis

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 151-154

  Salobir, Barbara ^a   Ŝaboviĉ, Miŝo ^a   Peternel, Polona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

International normalised ratio; Prothrombin time; Seasonal variations; Warfarin

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CALCULATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL STANDARD UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VEIN THROMBOSIS; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SEASONS; WARFARIN;

EID: 0344946459     PISSN: 14248832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000070419     Document Type: Article

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