Pregnancy complicated by venous thrombosis

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 373, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 540-547

  Greer, Ian A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUMARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBIN; HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGE; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CASE REPORT; DEHYDRATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMMOBILITY; LEG PAIN; LEG SWELLING; LEG THROMBOSIS; LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN; MORNING SICKNESS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); THROMBOSIS; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; VOMITING; COMPLICATION; CONTRAINDICATIONS; ECHOGRAPHY; HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; SCINTISCANNING; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; ANTITHROMBINS; FEMALE; HEPARIN; HUMANS; HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK FACTORS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84938883069     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcp1407434     Document Type: Article

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