Unilateral lower limb suspension can cause deep venous thrombosis

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 286, Issue 6 55-6, 2004, Pages

  Bleeker, Michiel W P ^a   Hopman, Maria T E ^a   Rongen, Gerard A ^a   Smits, Paul ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; D DIMER; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; WARFARIN;

BED REST; BLEEDING; BRACE; COMPRESSION THERAPY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LEG; LETTER; MICROGRAVITY; MODEL; MUSCLE FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUSPENSION; UNILATERAL LOWER LIMB SUSPENSION; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; WEIGHTLESSNESS SIMULATION;

EID: 2442656748     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00718.2003     Document Type: Letter

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