Thrombosis Research
Volume 121, Issue 6 , Pages 751-756 , 2008

Factors associated with the timing of diagnosis of venous thromboembolism: Results from the MASTER registry

  • Walter Ageno

      Affiliations

    • University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. U.O. Medicina I, Ospedale di Circolo, Viale Borri 57, 21100 Varese, Italy.
    • ,
  • Giancarlo Agnelli

      Affiliations

    • University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
    • ,
  • Davide Imberti

      Affiliations

    • Hospital of Piacenza, Piacenza, Italy
    • ,
  • Marco Moia

      Affiliations

    • IRCCS Maggiore Hospital, Milan, Italy
    • ,
  • Gualtiero Palareti

      Affiliations

    • University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
    • ,
  • Riccardo Pistelli

      Affiliations

    • Catholic University, Rome, Italy
    • ,
  • Romina Rossi

      Affiliations

    • University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
    • ,
  • Melina Verso

      Affiliations

    • University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
    • ,
  • for the MASTER Investigators

Received 22 July 2007 ,Revised 27 August 2007 ,Accepted 30 August 2007.

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☆ The manuscript was presented as an abstract at the ISTH Meeting in Geneva, on July 8th 2007.

PII: S0049-3848(07)00326-X

doi: 10.1016/j.thromres.2007.08.009

Thrombosis Research
Volume 121, Issue 6 , Pages 751-756 , 2008

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