Venous thromboembolism and pregnancy: A review of the literature
), Karim AM Ahmed(2), Mohd NH Daud(3), Aya M. Eldiasty(4), Mohdamed FB Amri(5), Mohammad SB Jeffree(6), Fairrul B Kadir(7), Dayang MP Baharuddin(8), Syed SB Abdul Rahim(9), Win W Than(10), Firdaus M Hayati(11), Nornazirah B Azizan(12), Doreen Sumpat(13), May Z Soe(14),
(1) Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia
(2) Department of Dermatology, Helios Saint Johannes Klinikum, Duisburg, Germany
(3) Department of Family Medicine , Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia
(4) Department of Dermatology, Helios Saint Johannes Klinikum, Duisburg, Germany
(5) Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences,University Malaysia Sabah,Malaysia
(6) Department of Public Health Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia
(7) Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia
(8) Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia
(9) Department of Public Health Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia
(10) Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia
(11) Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
(12) Department of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia
(13) Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia
(14) Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia
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