The importance of thrombophilia in the treatment of Paget-Schroetter syndrome

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 596-601

  Cassada, David C ^a   Lipscomb, Amy L ^a   Stevens, Scott L ^a   Freeman, Michael B ^a   Grandas, Oscar H ^a   Goldman, Mitchell H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ENOXAPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PAGET VON SCHROETTER DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN THROMBOSIS; THORAX OUTLET SYNDROME; THROMBOPHILIA; THROMBOSIS; VEIN DISEASE; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VENOUS THORAX OUTLET SYNDROME;

EID: 33845666151     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10016-006-9106-z     Document Type: Article

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