Extrinsic venous compression: A sufficient explanation for venous thromboembolism due to massive fibroids? [2]

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 694-696

  Barsam, Sarah ^a   Bagot, Catherine ^a   Patel, Raj K ^a   Sidhu, Paul S ^a   Davies, Anthony ^a   Arya, Roopen ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC RISK; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LUNG EMBOLISM; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; MYOMECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERUS MYOMA; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33751231411     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/TH06-08-0452     Document Type: Letter

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