Travel thrombosis: Pathomechanisms and clinical aspects

Pathophysiology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 243-252

  Sándor, Tamás ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Blood coagulation; Risk factors; Seats; Sitting; Travel thrombosis

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

AVIATION; BLOOD CLOTTING; BODY HEIGHT; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEHYDRATION; DISEASE DURATION; FIBRINOLYSIS; FLIGHT; HUMAN; HYPOBARISM; IMMOBILIZATION; LEG CRAMP; MAJOR SURGERY; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SITTING; THROMBOGENESIS; THROMBOPHILIA; TRAVEL THROMBOSIS; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 56649095724     PISSN: 09284680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pathophys.2008.10.001     Document Type: Review

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