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Direct oral anticoagulants in cancer-associated venous thromboembolism: It is high time for a change of therapeutic paradigm


- Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Medical University of Warsaw,
- First Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdańsk, Poland.
- Department of Pulmonary Circulation, Thromboembolic Diseases and Cardiology, Center of Postgraduate Education Medical, European Health Center Otwock, Poland
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Direct oral anticoagulants in cancer-associated venous thromboembolism: It is high time for a change of therapeutic paradigm
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347-349
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2020-05-14
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Cardiol J 2020;27(4):347-349.
Authors
Justyna Domienik-Karłowicz
Miłosz Jaguszewski
Marcin Kurzyna


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