Newly Diagnosed Malignancy in Patients with VenousThromboembolism. Search or Wait and See?

Martin H Prins; Rohan J K Hettiarachchi; Anthonie W A Lensing; Jack Hirsh

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1657513

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 1997; 78(01): 121-125
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1657513

Venous thromboembolism and cancer, a two-way clinical association

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Newly Diagnosed Malignancy in Patients with VenousThromboembolism. Search or Wait and See?

Martin H Prins

¹Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands

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Rohan J K Hettiarachchi

¹Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands

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Anthonie W A Lensing

²Center for Hemostasis, Thrombosis Atherosclerosis and Inflammation Research, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands

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Jack Hirsh

³Hamilton Civic Hospitals Research Centre, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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