Thromb Haemost 2007; 98(06): 1384-1386
DOI: 10.1160/TH07-06-0394
Letters to the Editor
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Once-daily fondaparinux monotherapy without warfarin for long-term treatment of venous thromboembolism

Ranjith Shetty
1   Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
,
Ali Seddighzadeh
1   Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
,
Sudha Parasuraman
1   Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
2   Division of Hematology-Oncology, Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
,
Neelima G. Vallurupalli
3   Cardiovascular Division, Baystate Medical Center, Tufts Medical School, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
,
Marie Gerhard Herman
1   Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
,
Samuel Z. Goldhaber
1   Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Financial support: This study was funded by GlaxoSmithKline. ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00413504
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Received 06. Juni 2007

Accepted after resubmission 01. November 2007

Publikationsdatum:
15. Dezember 2017 (online)

 

 
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