Antipsychotics and venous thrombosis: Dutch experience differs

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 341, Issue 7777, 2010, Pages 793-

  Kleijer, Bart C ^a   Heerdink, E R ^b,d   Van Marum, R J ^c  

^a GeriMedica Medical Practice for Frail Elderly   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d Department of Pharmacoepidemiology ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DRUG USE; HUMAN; LETTER; NAUSEA; NETHERLANDS; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VERTIGO; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; NOTE; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 77958132895     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c5631     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

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