Thromb Haemost 2006; 96(05): 690-691
DOI: 10.1160/TH06-08-0419
Case Report
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Pulmonary embolism associated with olanzapine

Ian del Conde
1   Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
,
Samuel Z. Goldhaber
1   Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
2   Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Publikationsverlauf

Received 01. August 2006

Accepted after revision 18. September 2006

Publikationsdatum:
01. Dezember 2017 (online)

 

 
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