How thrombogenic is hypoxia?

JAMA

Volumn 295, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 2297-2299

  Bärtsch, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THROMBIN ANTITHROMBIN COMPLEX;

ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; BLOOD CLOTTING; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDITORIAL; FIBRIN FORMATION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; LUNG EMBOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOGENICITY; THROMBOPHILIA; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VENOUS STASIS;

EID: 33646681451     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.295.19.2297     Document Type: Editorial

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