Frequency of pregnancy-related venous thromboembolism in anticoagulant factor-deficient women: Implications for prophylaxis

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 125, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 955-960

  Friederich, Philip W ^a   Sanson, Bernd Jan ^a   Simioni, Paolo ^b   Zanardi, Sandra ^b   Huisman, Menno V ^c   Kindt, Iris ^a   Prandoni, Paolo ^b   Büller, Harry R ^a   Girolami, Antonio ^b   Prins, Martin H ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Institute of Medical Semeiotics   (Italy)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBIN; BLOOD CLOTTING INHIBITOR; PROTEIN C; PROTEIN S;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PUERPERIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 12644301204     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-125-12-199612150-00003     Document Type: Article

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