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Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism

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Pedrotti, L., Mora, R., Galli, G.B., Tuvo, G. (2006). Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism. In: Mora, R. (eds) Nonunion of the Long Bones. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/88-470-0409-8_20

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