Duration of anticoagulant treatment and recurrence of venous thromboembolism in patients with and without thrombophilic abnormalities

Maria Rita Taliani; Cecilia Becattini; Giancarlo Agnelli; Paolo Prandoni; Marco Moia; Mario Bazzan; RosaMaria Salvi; Walter Ageno; Giuliana Guazzaloca; Davide Imberti; Mauro Silingardi; Renzo Poggio; for the Warfarin Optimal Duration Italian Trial (WODIT) Investigators

doi:10.1160/TH08-07-0477

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 2009; 101(03): 596-598
DOI: 10.1160/TH08-07-0477

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Duration of anticoagulant treatment and recurrence of venous thromboembolism in patients with and without thrombophilic abnormalities

Maria Rita Taliani

¹Sezione di Medicina Interna e Cardiovascolare, Dipartimento di Medicina Interna, Università di Perugia, Perugia, Italy

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Cecilia Becattini

¹Sezione di Medicina Interna e Cardiovascolare, Dipartimento di Medicina Interna, Università di Perugia, Perugia, Italy

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Giancarlo Agnelli

¹Sezione di Medicina Interna e Cardiovascolare, Dipartimento di Medicina Interna, Università di Perugia, Perugia, Italy

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Paolo Prandoni

²Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche, Università di Padova, Padua, Italy

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Marco Moia

³Centro Emofilia e Trombosi, IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore, Milan

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Mario Bazzan

⁴Unità di Ematologia e Malattie Trombotiche – Cellini Humanitas, Turin, Italy

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RosaMaria Salvi

⁵U.O. Medicina d’Urgenza, Ospedale di Cattinara, Trieste, Italy

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Walter Ageno

⁶Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica, Università dell’Insubria, Varese, Italy

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Giuliana Guazzaloca

⁷Divisione di Angiologia, Policlinico Sant’ Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy

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Davide Imberti

⁸Thrombosis Center, Emergency Department, Ospedale di Piacenza, Piacenza, Italy

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Mauro Silingardi

⁹Divisione di Medicina Interna I, Arcispedale S. Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy

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Renzo Poggio

¹⁰II Divisione Medicina Generale – Centro Trombosi, Ospedale Galliera, Genova, Italy

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for the Warfarin Optimal Duration Italian Trial (WODIT) Investigators

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