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

Anup Sharma; Amar Das Gupta; Sanjay Agarwala; Abhijit Bhagwat; Shanaz Khodaiji; Faram Dastur

doi:10.1055/s-0037-1614300

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Thromb Haemost 2004; 92(05): 1167-1169
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1614300

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

Anup Sharma

¹Department of Laboratory Medicine (Hematology Section) , (National Health & Education Society), Mumbai, India

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Amar Das Gupta

¹Department of Laboratory Medicine (Hematology Section) , (National Health & Education Society), Mumbai, India

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Sanjay Agarwala

²Department of Surgery, (National Health & Education Society), Mumbai, India

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Abhijit Bhagwat

²Department of Surgery, (National Health & Education Society), Mumbai, India

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Shanaz Khodaiji

¹Department of Laboratory Medicine (Hematology Section) , (National Health & Education Society), Mumbai, India

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Faram Dastur

³Department of Medicine, P.D. Hinduja National Hospital and Medical Research Centre, (National Health & Education Society), Mumbai, India

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