Local and general factors are the likely cause of venous thrombosis in lower limb arthroplasty [5]

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1167-1169

  Sharma, Anup ^a   Das Gupta, Amar ^a   Agarwala, Sanjay ^a   Bhagwat, Abhijit ^a   Khodaiji, Shanaz ^a   Dastur, Faram ^a  

^a P D HINDUJA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED PROTEIN C; ANTITHROMBIN; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5 LEIDEN; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; DALTEPARIN; FIBRINOGEN; HOMOCYSTEINE; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT; PLASMINOGEN; PROTEIN C;

ACTIVATED PROTEIN C RESISTANCE; ADULT; AGED; ANTITHROMBIN DEFICIENCY; ARTHROPLASTY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INCIDENCE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PATHOGENESIS; PHLEBOGRAPHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN C DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN S DEFICIENCY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX RATIO; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VALIDATION PROCESS; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 9144222648     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1614300     Document Type: Letter

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