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Thromb Haemost 2002; 88(04): 702
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1613287
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A Rebuttal: Withholding Anticoagulation in Patients with Suspected Pulmonary Embolism and a Low Probability Ventilation Perfusion Scan: An Unacceptable Risk

Arnaud Perrier
1   Medical Clinics 1 and 2, Department of Internal Medicine, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
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Henri Bounameaux
2   Division of Angiology and Haemostasis, Department of Internal Medicine, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
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Received 20 May 2002

Accepted after revision 10 June 2002

Publication Date:
09 December 2017 (online)

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