Oral anticoagulant treatment: Friend or foe in cardiovascular disease?

Blood

Volumn 104, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 3231-3232

  Schurgers, Leon J ^a   Aebert, Hermann ^b   Vermeer, Cees ^b   Bültmann, Burkhard ^b   Janzen, Jan ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

4 CARBOXYGLUTAMIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; MATRIX PROTEIN;

AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 8644252020     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2004-04-1277     Document Type: Article

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