A retrospective case control study of recombinant factor VIIa in patients with intracranial haemorrhage caused by trauma

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 152, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 667-669

  Deloughery, Emma P ^a   Lenfesty, Barbara ^b   DeLoughery, Thomas G ^a,c  

^a Providence Health Services   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood coagulation; Factor VII; Warfarin

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7A;

ADULT; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FACTOR VIIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MALE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 79951533043     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2010.08437.x     Document Type: Letter

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