Journal article
Effect of patient's sex on risk of recurrent venous thromboembolism: a meta-analysis
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Individual risk of recurrent venous thromboembolism affects patient management and might differ between men and women. We did a meta-analysis to assess from available evidence whether men and women have the same risk of recurrent venous thromboembolism after stopping anticoagulant treatment.
METHODS: Eligible articles were identified by searches of MEDLINE (source PubMed, 1966 to February 2005), EMBase (1980 to February 2005), and …
Authors
McRae S; Tran H; Schulman S; Ginsberg J; Kearon C
Journal
The Lancet, Vol. 368, No. 9533, pp. 371–378
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
7 2006
DOI
10.1016/s0140-6736(06)69110-1
ISSN
0140-6736