Venous thromboembolism in patients with intracranial haemorrhage

Thromb Haemost 2011; 106(04): 750-752
DOI: 10.1160/TH11-02-0136

Letter to the Editor

Schattauer GmbH

José Luís Lobo

¹Department of Pneumonology, Hospital de Txagorritxu, Vitoria, Spain

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José Antonio Nieto

²Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Virgen de la Luz, Cuenca, Spain

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Vanesa Zorrilla

¹Department of Pneumonology, Hospital de Txagorritxu, Vitoria, Spain

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Noelia Garrido

²Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Virgen de la Luz, Cuenca, Spain

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Olga Madridano

³Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Infanta Sofía, Madrid, Spain

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Justo Ruíz

⁴Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital de Fuenlabrada, Madrid, Spain

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Dominique Farge-Bance

¹Department of Pneumonology, Hospital de Txagorritxu, Vitoria, Spain

⁵Department of Internal Medicine, Hôpital SaintLouis, Paris, France

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Gregorio Tiberio

⁶Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Virgen del Camino, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain

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Fernando Uresandi

⁷Department of Pneumonology, Hospital de Cruces, Barakaldo, Vizcaya, Spain

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Manuel Monrea

¹Department of Pneumonology, Hospital de Txagorritxu, Vitoria, Spain

⁸Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Barcelona, Spai

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the RIETE Investigators

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