Can vaccination for common respiratory viruses decrease the incidence of venous thromboembolism?

Erica Behling-Kelly

doi:10.1160/TH09-09-0638

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 2009; 102(06): 1009-1010
DOI: 10.1160/TH09-09-0638

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Can vaccination for common respiratory viruses decrease the incidence of venous thromboembolism?

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Erica Behling-Kelly

¹Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

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