The prevalence of deep vein thrombosis in a cohort of patients with spinal cord injury following the Pakistan earthquake of October 2005

Spinal Cord

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 523-526

  Rathore, M F A ^a   Hanif, S ^a   New, P W ^b,c   Butt, A W ^a   Aasi, M H ^a   Khan, S U ^d  

^a National University of Medical Sciences   (Pakistan)

^b Caulfield General Medical Centre   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d HOLY FAMILY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Deep vein thrombosis; Disasters; Earthquake; Pakistan; Spinal cord injury; Thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEG FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SURVIVOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL DISASTERS; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 46749103278     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3102170     Document Type: Article

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