Corrigendum:;Anticoagulants in cancer

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2230-2241

  Siegal, D M ^a   Garcia, D ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticoagulants; Cancer; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIVITAMIN K; APIXABAN; BEMIPARIN; CERTOPARIN; DABIGATRAN; DALTEPARIN; DEXAMETHASONE; ENOXAPARIN; FONDAPARINUX; HEPARIN; LENALIDOMIDE; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; NADROPARIN; PLACEBO; RIVAROXABAN; SEMULOPARIN; THALIDOMIDE; TINZAPARIN; WARFARIN;

ABDOMINAL CANCER; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; GLIOMA; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MORTALITY; MYELOMA; NEOPLASM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PELVIS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; UROGENITAL TRACT CANCER; UTERUS CANCER; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ANTICOAGULANTS; CANCER; THROMBOSIS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANTICOAGULANTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HEPARIN, LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84868148514     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jth.12104     Document Type: Erratum

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