Venous thromboembolism in acute spinal cord injury patients

Indian Journal of Orthopaedics

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 194-197

  Saraf, Shyam K ^a   Rana, Raj J B ^a   Sharma, Om P ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Deep vein thrombosis; Pulmonary embolism; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547690880     PISSN: 00195413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5413.33681     Document Type: Article

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