Minor oral surgery procedures in patients taking warfarin a 5-year retrospective study at sultan qaboos university hospital, sultanate of Oman

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 279-286

  Bakathir, Abdulaziz A ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Oman)

Author keywords

Complications; Oral surgery; Postoperative haemorrhage; Tooth extraction; Warfarin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920571183     PISSN: 2075051X     EISSN: 20750528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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