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Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica Volume 47, 1976 - Issue 3
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The Value of Low Dosage Heparin for the Prophylaxis of Thromboembolism in Patients with Transcervical and Intertrochanteric Femoral Fractures

C. S. B. Galasko Accident Service, Radcliffe Infirmery, Oxford, UK; Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Du Cane Road, London, W12 OHS, UK
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D. H. Edwards Accident Service, Radcliffe Infirmery, Oxford, UK
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C. B. D'A. Fearn Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton, Sussex, BN2 5BE, UK; Accident Service, Radcliffe Infirmery, Oxford, UK
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H. M. Barber Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle, Cumberland, CA2 7HY, UK; Accident Service, Radcliffe Infirmery, Oxford, UK
Pages 276-282 | Accepted 20 Dec 1975, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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