Venous thromboembolism as a complication of uterine fibroids: A retrospective descriptive study

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 732-736

  Fletcher, H ^a   Wharfe, G ^a   Williams, N P ^a   Gordon Strachan, G ^a   Pedican, M ^a   Brooks, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Fibroids; Gynaecological surgery; Risk factors; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOMECTOMY; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOCYTOSIS; UTERUS MYOMA; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTICOAGULANTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 70350107370     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: 13646893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01443610903165545     Document Type: Article

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