Prevention of venous thromboembolism after acute spinal cord injury with low-dose heparin or low-molecular-weight heparin

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 978-980

  Paciaroni, Maurizio ^a   Ageno, Walter ^b   Agnelli, Giancarlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; PLACEBO; TINZAPARIN; WARFARIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION GARMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG EMBOLISM; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTICOAGULANTS; HEMORRHAGE; HEPARIN; HEPARIN, LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 43949121402     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/TH07-09-0540     Document Type: Letter

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