Stop taking warfarin? No way!

Brukner, Peter D

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02643.x

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I am a sports physician. Until recently, the only clots of any interest for me were sportspeople who missed easy goals, dropped catches or couldn’t hit a ball. Clinically, my only interest in thrombosis was in the differential diagnosis of calf tears.

Centre for Health, Exercise and Sports Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC.

Correspondence: p.brukner@unimelb.edu.au

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