منابع مشابه
Venous thromboembolism: why does ethnicity matter?
Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a disease that is caused by genetic and environmental factors that interact in a dynamic, time-dependent model.1 Therefore, it is not astonishing that, although VTE is seen throughout the world, the rate of its clinical manifestations, deep venous thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE), varies. Thus, Asian and Native American individuals have been reported ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Haematology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0007-1048,1365-2141
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2009.07786.x