Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) in cancer

Cancer Treatment and Research

Volumn 148, Issue , 2009, Pages 137-156

  Saba, Hussain I ^a   Morelli, Genevieve A ^b   Saba, Rashid I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOCAPROIC ACID; ANTITHROMBIN; ARGATROBAN; CANCER PROCOAGULANT; CYTOKINE; HEPARIN; HIRUDIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; PROTEIN C; STREPTOKINASE; THROMBOPLASTIN; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TRANEXAMIC ACID; UROKINASE; VITAMIN K GROUP; WARFARIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; TUMOR PROTEIN;

DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; FIBRINOLYSIS; HOST CELL; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUBSTITUTION THERAPY; THROMBOGENESIS; TUMOR CELL; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION; NEOPLASMS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANTICOAGULANTS; BLOOD COAGULATION FACTORS; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; CYTOKINES; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION; FIBRINOLYSIS; HUMANS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NEOPLASMS; THROMBOPLASTIN; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 70449971622     PISSN: 09273042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-79962-9_9     Document Type: Review

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