Oh Heavy Burden: Recognizing the Risk of Venous Thromboembolism in Women Undergoing Assisted Reproduction

Gregory Piazza

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1676073

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Thromb Haemost 2018; 118(12): 2011-2013
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1676073

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Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Oh Heavy Burden: Recognizing the Risk of Venous Thromboembolism in Women Undergoing Assisted Reproduction

Gregory Piazza

¹Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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