Pulmonary embolism in pregnancy

The Lancet

Volumn 375, Issue 9728, 2010, Pages 1778-

  Patel, Chirag ^a   Scarsbrook, Andrew ^b   Gleeson, Fergus ^a  

^a CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMNION FLUID EMBOLISM; ANAMNESIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 77952413406     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60798-2     Document Type: Letter

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