Therapeutic anticoagulation can be safely accomplished in selected patients with traumatic intracranial hemorrhage

World Journal of Emergency Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Byrnes, Matthew C ^a,b   Irwin, Eric ^a   Roach, Robert ^a   James, Molly ^b   Horst, Patrick K ^b   Reicks, Patty ^a  

^a NORTH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 84866931317     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17497922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-7922-7-25     Document Type: Article

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