Rebuttal to Partsch et al. “Pain relief by compression in acute DVT. A critique of Kahn et al.“ Thromb Haemost 2015; 113: 906.

Thromb Haemost 2015; 113(04): 907
DOI: 10.1160/TH15-02-0140

Author Correspondence

Schattauer GmbH

Susan R. Kahn

¹Center for Clinical Epidemiology, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Stan Shapiro

¹Center for Clinical Epidemiology, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

²Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Jeffrey S. Ginsberg

¹Center for Clinical Epidemiology, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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