A prospective assessment of bleeding and international normalized ratio in warfarin-anticoagulated patients having cutaneous surgery

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 955-957

  Syed, Saif ^a   Adams, Brian B ^a   Liao, Wennie ^a   Pipitone, Michelle ^a   Gloster, Hugh ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Cincinnati OH 45242 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; WARFARIN;

ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CHEMOSURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL STANDARD UNIT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN SURGERY;

ANTICOAGULANTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MOHS SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WARFARIN;

EID: 9944243217     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2004.07.058     Document Type: Article

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