Anticoagulants in pregnancy

Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 57-65

  Greer, Ian A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pregnancy; Thrombophilia; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; COUMARIN; DALTEPARIN; ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; NADROPARIN; TINZAPARIN; WARFARIN;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG SAFETY; EMBRYOPATHY; FEMALE; FETAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEPARIN INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONG TERM CARE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; META ANALYSIS; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PUERPERIUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; THROMBOPHILIA; THROMBOSIS; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ANTICOAGULANTS; CLINICAL TRIALS; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 32544449609     PISSN: 09295305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11239-006-5578-5     Document Type: Article

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