Apixaban for Treating Venous Thromboembolism in Real-World Clinical Practice

Manuel Monreal

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1675241

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 2018; 118(11): 1850-1851
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1675241

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Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Apixaban for Treating Venous Thromboembolism in Real-World Clinical Practice

Manuel Monreal

¹Hospital Universitari Germans Trias I Pujol, Badalona, Spain

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