A commentary: To screen for calf DVT or not to screen? The highly variable practice among Italian centers highlights this important and still unresolved clinical option. Results from the Italian MASTER registry

Gualtiero Palareti; Giancarlo Agnelli; Davide Imberti; Marco Moia; Walter Ageno; Riccardo Pistelli; Romina Rossi; Melina Verso; for the MASTER investigators

doi:10.1160/TH07-06-0393

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Inhaltsverzeichnis

Thromb Haemost 2008; 99(01): 241-244
DOI: 10.1160/TH07-06-0393

Letters to the Editor

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A commentary: To screen for calf DVT or not to screen? The highly variable practice among Italian centers highlights this important and still unresolved clinical option. Results from the Italian MASTER registry

Gualtiero Palareti

¹University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

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Giancarlo Agnelli

²University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

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Davide Imberti

³Hospital of Piacenza, Piacenza, Italy

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Marco Moia

⁴IRCCS Maggiore Hospital, Milan, Italy

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Walter Ageno

⁵University of Insubria, Varese, Italy

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Riccardo Pistelli

⁶Catholic University, Rome, Italy, and the MASTER study centers

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Romina Rossi

²University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

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Melina Verso

²University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

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for the MASTER investigators

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