Low dose heparin and compression stockings in the prevention of postoperative deep venous thrombosis
✍ Scribed by Staffan Törngren
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1980
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 270 KB
- Volume
- 67
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
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