Thrombosis in women: What are the knowledge gaps in 2013?

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages 180-191

  Middeldorp, S ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Female contraceptive agents; Pregnancy complications; Pulmonary embolism; Thrombophilia; Venous thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5 LEIDEN; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; ENOXAPARIN; GESTAGEN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; NADROPARIN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PROTHROMBIN;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ANTITHROMBIN DEFICIENCY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONDOM USE; CONTRACEPTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; HORMONAL THERAPY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE USE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN C DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN S DEFICIENCY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT ABORTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SCINTIGRAPHY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; THROMBOPHILIA; THROMBOSIS; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

FEMALE CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; THROMBOPHILIA; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, HORMONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880611516     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jth.12266     Document Type: Review

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