Venous thrombosis in blacks

Circulation

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 837-839

  Buckner, Tyler W ^a   Key, Nigel S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY MASS; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LEG SWELLING; LUNG EMBOLISM; OBESITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SICKLE CELL; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANTICOAGULANTS; CASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; OBESITY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; THROMBOPHILIA; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; WARFARIN;

EID: 84857513332     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.073098     Document Type: Article

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