Prostasol and Venous Thromboembolism

Urology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 664-666

  Clement, Jessica ^a   Bubley, Glenn ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICALUTAMIDE; ENOXAPARIN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; PHYTOESTROGEN; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; TESTOSTERONE; WARFARIN;

AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FATIGUE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; REMISSION; RISK FACTOR; SIDE EFFECT; THROMBOSIS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; ENOXAPARIN; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; PHYTOESTROGENS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; WARFARIN;

EID: 50249103787     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2008.04.045     Document Type: Article

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