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Thromb Haemost 2008; 100(01): 164-166
DOI: 10.1160/TH07-11-0678
Letters to the Editor
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Inter-observer reliability of measures to assess the post-thrombotic syndrome

Marc A. Rodger
1   Clinical Epidemiology, Ottawa Health Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
2   Medicine and Ottawa Health Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
3   Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ottawa Health Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
,
Susan R. Kahn
4   Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
,
Grégoire Le Gal
5   Medicine, University Hospital, Brest, France
,
Susan Solymoss
4   Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
,
Isabelle Chagnon
6   Medicine, University de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
,
David R. Anderson
7   Hematology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
,
Philip S. Wells
1   Clinical Epidemiology, Ottawa Health Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
2   Medicine and Ottawa Health Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
,
Michael J. Kovacs
8   Medicine and University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
9   Hematology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
› Author AffiliationsFinancial support: Financial support was obtained from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Grant number MOP 64319. Dr. Rodger holds a Career Investigator Award from the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada. Dr. Wells is the recipient of a Canada Research Chair. Dr. Kahn is a recipient of a Senior Clinical Investigator Award from the Quebec Health Research Foundation (Fonds de la recherche en Santé du Quebec).
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Received 15 November 2007

Accepted after minor revision 01 May 2008

Publication Date:
24 November 2017 (online)

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