β-Thalassemia intermedia and pregnancy: Should we anticoagulate? [5]

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1413-1414

  Nassar, A H ^a   Usta, I M ^a   Taher, A M ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; BETA THALASSEMIA; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD DEATH; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROPHORESIS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPLENECTOMY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VAGINA BLEEDING;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICOAGULANTS; BETA-THALASSEMIA; FEMALE; HEPARIN, LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33646770963     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2006.01912.x     Document Type: Letter

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