Early deep vein thrombosis: Incidence in Asian stroke patients

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 815-820

  Tan, Susanna S S ^a   Venketasubramanian, N ^b   Ong, Peck Leong ^b   Lim, Tchoyoson C C ^b  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INCIDENCE; LEG COMPRESSION; MALE; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT;

EID: 36148998029     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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