Optimal Warfarin Management for the Prevention of Thromboembolic Events in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: a Systematic Review of the Clinical Evidence

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Journal CADTH Technol Overv

Specialty Biomedical Engineering

Date 2012 Sep 25

PMID 23002382

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