Incidence of deep vein thrombosis in hospitalized Chinese medical patients is similar to that in western populations

Thrombosis Research

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 763-764

  Leung, Victoria ^a   Leung, Vincent ^a   Lui, Wilson ^a   Chan, Timothy ^a   Wong, Raymond S M ^a   Cheng, Gregory ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese medical patients; Deep vein thrombosis

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ADULT; AGED; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LETTER; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33750474106     PISSN: 00493848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2005.12.014     Document Type: Letter

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