risk factors

Postsplenectomy course in homozygous sickle cell disease.
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether children with homozygous sickle cell (SS) disease and splenectomy are at greater risk of death, …
J. G. Wright, I. R. Hambleton, P. W. Thomas, N. D. Duncan, S. Venugopal, G. R. Serjeant
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Population-based study of risk of venous thromboembolism associated with various oral contraceptives.
BACKGROUND: Four studies published since December, 1995, reported that the incidence of venous thromboembolism (VTE) was higher in …
R. D. Farmer, R. A. Lawrenson, C. R. Thompson, J. G. Kennedy, I. R. Hambleton
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Oral contraceptive switching patterns in the United Kingdom: an important potential confounding variable in studies of venous thromboembolism.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether patients changing from their current oral contraceptive (OC) are preferentially switched to …
R. D. Farmer, R. A. Lawrenson, I. R. Hambleton
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