Adherence to prophylactic infusions of factor VIII or factor IX for haemophilia [1]

Haemophilia

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 198-199

  Thornburg, Courtney D ^a,b   Pipe, S W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 9;

DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMARTHROSIS; HEMOPHILIA A; HEMOPHILIA B; HUMAN; LETTER; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR ACCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COAGULANTS; FACTOR IX; FACTOR VIII; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEMOPHILIA A; HUMANS; INFANT; JOINT DISEASES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PATIENT COMPLIANCE;

EID: 33646013584     PISSN: 13518216     EISSN: 13652516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2516.2006.01172.x     Document Type: Letter

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