Unidentified coagulation disorders in post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage

Ear, Nose and Throat Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 28-39

  Windfuhr, Jochen P ^a   Chen, Yue Shih ^b   Remmert, Stephan ^a  

^a St Anna Hospital   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING TIME; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 13 DEFICIENCY; BLOOD CLOTTING PARAMETERS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMOPHILIA; HEMOPHILIA B; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE;

EID: 1642500223     PISSN: 01455613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014556130408300114     Document Type: Article

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