Routine chemoprophylaxis for deep venous thrombosis in Indian patients: Is it really justified?

Indian Journal of Orthopaedics

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 188-193

  Mavalankar, Ashutosh P ^a,c   Majmundar, Darshan ^a   Rani, Shubha ^b  

^a Jivraj Mehta Hospital   (India)

^b B V PATEL PHARMACEUTICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT PERD CENTRE   (India)

^c Shree Ganesh   (India)

Author keywords

Deep venous thrombosis; Pulmonary embolism; Thromboprophylaxis

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547676045     PISSN: 00195413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5413.33680     Document Type: Article

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