Thromb Haemost 2008; 100(01): 164-166
DOI: 10.1160/TH07-11-0678
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Inter-observer reliability of measures to assess the post-thrombotic syndrome

Marc A. Rodger
1   Clinical Epidemiology, Ottawa Health Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
2   Medicine and Ottawa Health Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
3   Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ottawa Health Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
,
Susan R. Kahn
4   Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
,
Grégoire Le Gal
5   Medicine, University Hospital, Brest, France
,
Susan Solymoss
4   Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
,
Isabelle Chagnon
6   Medicine, University de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
,
David R. Anderson
7   Hematology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
,
Philip S. Wells
1   Clinical Epidemiology, Ottawa Health Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
2   Medicine and Ottawa Health Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
,
Michael J. Kovacs
8   Medicine and University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
9   Hematology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
› Author Affiliations
Financial support: Financial support was obtained from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Grant number MOP 64319. Dr. Rodger holds a Career Investigator Award from the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada. Dr. Wells is the recipient of a Canada Research Chair. Dr. Kahn is a recipient of a Senior Clinical Investigator Award from the Quebec Health Research Foundation (Fonds de la recherche en Santé du Quebec).
Further Information

Publication History

Received 15 November 2007

Accepted after minor revision 01 May 2008

Publication Date:
24 November 2017 (online)

 

 
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