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The effect of low-dose and high-dose low-molecular-weight-heparin and aspirin thromboprophylaxis on clinical outcome and mortality in critical ill patients with COVID-19

A retrospective cohort study

Ali Eman, Onur Balaban, Kezban Ö. Süner, Yaşar Cırdı, Fatih Şahin, Gürkan Demir, Özge Pekşen, Ahmet Musmul and Ali F. Erdem
Saudi Medical Journal July 2022, 43 (7) 715-722; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2022.43.7.20220038

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