Anticoagulation in cirrhosis patients: What don't we know?

Liver International

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 4-6

  Northup, Patrick G ^a   Intagliata, Nicolas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ANTICOAGULATION; BLEEDING; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EDITORIAL; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PROPHYLAXIS; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ANTICOAGULANTS; ANTITHROMBIN III; BLOOD COAGULATION; DRUG MONITORING; ENOXAPARIN; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FACTOR XA; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 78650100600     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2010.02376.x     Document Type: Editorial

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