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Chapter 12 - Acute Management of Suspected Thromboembolic Disease in Pregnancy

from Section 5 - Thromboembolism and Anticoagulation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2018

By
Andrew Thomson ,
Beverley Hunt  and
Ian Greer
Edited by
Sue Pavord  and
Beverley Hunt
Sue Pavord
Affiliation:
University of Oxford
Beverley Hunt
Affiliation:
King's College London
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The Obstetric Hematology Manual , pp. 129 - 138
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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