Assessment of venous thromboembolism risk and the benefits of thromboprophylaxis in medical patients.

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Published in Thromb Haemost on October 01, 2005

Authors

Alexander T Cohen1, Raza Alikhan, Juan I Arcelus, Jean-François Bergmann, Sylvia Haas, Geno J Merli, Alex C Spyropoulos, Victor F Tapson, Alexander G G Turpie

Author Affiliations

1: Vascular Medicine, Department of Surgery, Guy's, King's and St Thomas' School of Medicine, London, UK. alexander.cohen@kcl.ac.uk

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