Warfarin anticoagulation in children made easier

Thrombosis Research

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 667-669

  Palareti, Gualtiero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIVITAMIN K; WARFARIN;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ANXIETY; AWARENESS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY BURDEN; CAPILLARY BLOOD; COMPREHENSION; DOSE RESPONSE; EDITORIAL; FAMILY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOME MONITORING; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LONG TERM CARE; PAIN; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROTHROMBIN TIME; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF EVALUATION; SKILL; SOCIAL PROBLEM; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; VEIN PUNCTURE; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICOAGULANTS; CHILD; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; PARENTS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; SELF MEDICATION; VITAMIN K; WARFARIN;

EID: 33750435579     PISSN: 00493848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2005.09.015     Document Type: Editorial

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