Effect of the neutral CLOTS 1 trial on the use of graduated compression stockings in the Efficacy of Nitric Oxide Stroke (ENOS) trial

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 342-347

  Ankolekar, Sandeep ^a,b   Renton, Cheryl ^a   Bereczki, Daniel ^c   Sprigg, Nikola ^a,b   Payne, Tanya ^a   Gommans, John ^d   Berge, Eivind ^e   Wardlaw, Joanna ^f   Dennis, Martin S ^f   Bath, Philip M W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^d Hawke's Bay District Heath Board   (New Zealand)

^e ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPRESSION STOCKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRADUATED COMPRESSION STOCKING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 84874037578     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2012-303396     Document Type: Article

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