Use of a heparin nomogram for treatment of patients with venous thromboembolism in a community hospital

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 70-73

  De Groot, Marco R ^a   Büller, Harry R ^b   Ten Cate, Jan W ^b   Van Marwijk Kooy, Marinus ^a  

^a Sophia Hospital   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOMOGRAM; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 2642611920     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1615141     Document Type: Article

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