A young woman with indurated skin and subcutaneous lesions

Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Latif, Shahnila ^a   Zaman, Fahim ^a   Abreo, Fleurette ^a   Veillon, Diana M ^a   Cotelingam, James D ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coumadin; Hypercoagulability; International Normalized Ratio; Secondary intention; Skin necrosis

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN NECROSIS; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; THIGH; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 15744386851     PISSN: 00075027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/7DNW-MC6N-6T03-3171     Document Type: Article

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