Prevention of venous thromboembolism after acute ischaemic stroke

Lancet

Volumn 370, Issue 9589, 2007, Pages 735-736

  Ricci, Stefano ^a   Celani, Maria Grazia ^a   Righetti, Enrico ^a   Dennis, Martin ^b   Sandercock, Peter ^b  

^a AUSL 2   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK FACTOR; THERAPY EFFECT; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; AGED; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VEIN THROMBOSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; HEPARIN, LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ENOXAPARIN;

EID: 34548289026     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61365-8     Document Type: Letter

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