Incidental venous thromboembolism in oncology patients

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2602-2604

  Khorana, A A ^a   O'Connell, C ^b   Agnelli, G ^c   Liebman, H A ^b   Lee, A Y Y ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NOMENCLATURE; ONCOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; STANDARDIZATION; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; NEOPLASMS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 84871088028     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jth.12023     Document Type: Article

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