The role of the metabolic syndrome in patients with provoked venous thromboembolic events

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 759-761

  Dentali, Francesco ^a   di Minno, Matteo Nicola ^b   Gianni, Monica ^c   di Minno, Giovanni ^b   Squizzato, Alessandro ^a   Ageno, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c Hospital of Tradate   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; LETTER; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG EMBOLISM; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84875958576     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/TH12-06-0431     Document Type: Letter

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