Below-knee elastic compression stockings to prevent the post-thrombotic syndrome. A randomized, controlled trial

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Prandoni, Paolo ^a   Lensing, Anthonie W A ^b   Prins, Martin H ^b   Frulla, Michela ^b   Marchiori, Antonio ^b   Bernardi, Enrico ^b   Tormene, Daniela ^b   Mosena, Laura ^b   Pagnan, Antonio ^b   Girolami, Antonio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIVITAMIN K; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEG COMPRESSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTTHROMBOSIS SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 4043084809     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-141-4-200408170-00004     Document Type: Article

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