Venous thromoboembolic disease and pregnancy

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 1007, 2009, Pages 489-494

  Martineau, M ^a   Nelson Piercy, C ^b,c,d  

^a Endocrinology and Obstetric Medicine   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 10; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; DALTEPARIN; ENOXAPARIN; FIBRINOGEN; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; PROTEIN S; TINZAPARIN; WARFARIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FETAL INTRACEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; FETUS DISEASE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; OBESITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREGNANCY; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SIDE EFFECT; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; TERATOGENESIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; ADULT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PUERPERIUM;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEPARIN, LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 70349149376     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2009.079822     Document Type: Review

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