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Thromb Haemost 1999; 81(06): 996-997
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1614618
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Which DVT Patients Could Be Considered the Best Candidates for Home Therapy?

Manuel Monreal
1   From the Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona (Barcelona), Spain
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Received 06 November 1998

Accepted after resubmission 05 March 1999

Publication Date:
09 December 2017 (online)

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