Isolated calf vein thrombosis should be treated with anticoagulation

Disease-a-Month

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 590-600

  Lohr, Joann M ^a   Fellner, Angela N ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; NADROPARIN; PLACEBO; WARFARIN; XIMELAGATRAN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CALF VEIN THROMBOSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG USE; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LEG PAIN; LEG SWELLING; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; OBESITY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING; TREATMENT DURATION; VARICOSIS; VEIN THROMBOSIS; LEG; VASCULARIZATION; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

ANTICOAGULANTS; HUMANS; LEG; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 77958480479     PISSN: 00115029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.disamonth.2010.06.010     Document Type: Article

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