Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin versus a Coumarin for the Prevention of Recurrent Venous Thromboembolism in Patients with Cancer
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- 10 July 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 349 (2), 146-153
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa025313
Abstract
Patients with cancer have a substantial risk of recurrent thrombosis despite the use of oral anticoagulant therapy. We compared the efficacy of a low-molecular-weight heparin with that of an oral anticoagulant agent in preventing recurrent thrombosis in patients with cancer.Keywords
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