Comparison of fixed-dose weight-adjusted unfractionated heparin and low-molecular-weight heparin for acute treatment of venous thromboembolism.

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Published in JAMA on August 23, 2006

Authors

Clive Kearon1, Jeffrey S Ginsberg, Jim A Julian, James Douketis, Susan Solymoss, Paul Ockelford, Sharon Jackson, Alexander G Turpie, Betsy MacKinnon, Jack Hirsh, Michael Gent, Fixed-Dose Heparin (FIDO) Investigators

Author Affiliations

1: McMaster University and the Henderson Research Centre, Hamilton, Ontario.

Associated clinical trials:

Fixed Dose Heparin Study | NCT00182403

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