Risk Factors and Presentation of Deep Venous Thrombosis among Asian Patients: A Hospital-Based Case-Control Study in Singapore

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 490-495

  Tan, Ker Kan ^a   Koh, Woon Puay ^b   Chao, Alexandre K H ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUCASIAN; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SINGAPORE; THROMBOPHILIA;

AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 34447097429     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2006.06.008     Document Type: Article

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