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Evaluating the Risk for Pregnancy-Associated Venous Thromboembolism: A 30-Year Study
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What is the problem and what is known about it so far?
Doctors have long known that pregnant women and those who have recently given birth are at greater than usual risk for forming blood clots in the leg veins (deep vein thrombosis). These …
