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Anticoagulants in pregnancy

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The need for anticoagulants during pregnancy is a challenging problem for the clinician. The use of heparin versus coumarin and different intensities of anticoagulation for diverse thrombotic processes along the gestational period have a spectrum of risks for the mother and child and the benefits of various anticoagulant regimens are not well defined.

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Iturbe Alessio, I. (1994). Anticoagulants in pregnancy. In: Doutremepuich, C. (eds) Anticoagulation. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2668-0_15

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