Prevention of venous thromboembolism in the hospitalized medical patient

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue SUPPL.3, 2008, Pages 7-16

  Jaffer, Amir K ^a   Amin, Alpesh N ^b   Brotman, Daniel J ^b   Deitelzweig, Steven B ^b   Mckean, Sylvia C ^b   Spyropoulos, Alex C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

AGED; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; FEMALE; HEPARIN; HEPARIN, LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 46349108458     PISSN: 08911150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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