The occurrence and risk factors for first venous thromboembolism in and around pregnancy: population based cohort studies using primary and secondary care data from the United Kingdom

Background: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) in one of the leading causes of maternal morbidity and mortality in high income countries. However there is a surprising shortage of evidence which allows us to accurately predict which women are at high risk which has hindered prevention to date. Therefore t...

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Main Author: Abdul Sultan, Alyshah
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2013
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/29086/