Symptomatic upper extremity deep vein thrombosis as a complication of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring

Thromb Haemost 2008; 100(04): 711-712
DOI: 10.1160/TH08-05-0323

Case Report

Schattauer GmbH

Peter Marschang

¹Clinical Division of General Internal Medicine, Clinical Department of Internal Medicine

,

Andreas Niederwanger

¹Clinical Division of General Internal Medicine, Clinical Department of Internal Medicine

,

Rudolf W. Gasser

¹Clinical Division of General Internal Medicine, Clinical Department of Internal Medicine

,

Martin Daniaux

²Department of Radiology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria

,

Wolfgang Sturm

¹Clinical Division of General Internal Medicine, Clinical Department of Internal Medicine

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