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Incidence of venous thrombosis in a large cohort of 66 329 cancer patients: results of a record linkage study

  1. J. W. BLOM1,
  2. J. P. M. VANDERSCHOOT2,
  3. M. J. OOSTINDIËR3,
  4. S. OSANTO4,
  5. F. J. M. VAN DER MEER5,
  6. F. R. ROSENDAAL1,5

Article first published online: 6 FEB 2006

DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2006.01804.x

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Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volume 4, Issue 3, pages 529–535, March 2006

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BLOM, J. W., VANDERSCHOOT, J. P. M., OOSTINDIËR, M. J., OSANTO, S., VAN DER MEER, F. J. M. and ROSENDAAL, F. R. (2006), Incidence of venous thrombosis in a large cohort of 66 329 cancer patients: results of a record linkage study. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 4: 529–535. doi: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2006.01804.x

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  1. 1

    Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden

  2. 2

    Department of Medical Informatics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden

  3. 3

    Comprehensive Cancer Center, Leiden

  4. 4

    Department of Oncology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden

  5. 5

    Hemostasis and Thrombosis Research Center, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands

*F. R. Rosendaal, Department of Clinical Epidemiology, C9-P, Leiden University Medical Center, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, the Netherlands. E-mail f.r.rosendaal@lumc.nl

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 6 FEB 2006
  2. Article first published online: 6 FEB 2006
  3. Received 21 August 2005, accepted 16 November 2005

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