A sinister development

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 357, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-59

  Fazel, Reza ^a   Froehlich, James B ^b   Williams, David M ^b   Saint, Sanjay ^b,c   Nallamothu, Brahmajee K ^b,c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN; MULTIVITAMIN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; WARFARIN; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSCULTATION; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; EDEMA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; GUIDE WIRE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; ILIAC VEIN; LEG PAIN; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PREGNANCY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; RECANALIZATION; STENT; SWELLING; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; URINALYSIS; VAGINAL DELIVERY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; ILIAC ARTERY; LEG; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PATHOLOGY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; RADIOGRAPHY; STENOSIS, OCCLUSION AND OBSTRUCTION; SYNDROME; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; EDEMA; ENOXAPARIN; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; ILIAC VEIN; LEG; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PHLEBOGRAPHY; SYNDROME; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 34447094960     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcps061337     Document Type: Article

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