Venous thrombosis in the elderly: more questions than answers.
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1Department of Cell Biology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH; 2Veterans Administration (VA) Boston Healthcare System and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; 3Department of Medicine, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington; 4Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City; 5National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, MD; and 6Department of Pathology, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Blood
دوره 110 9 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2007