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Review
. 2015 Jul;13(3):391-5.
doi: 10.2450/2014.0184-14. Epub 2014 Nov 25.

Direct oral anticoagulants for the treatment of unprovoked venous thromboembolism: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

Matteo N D Di Minno  1   2 , Pasquale Ambrosino  1 , Roberta Lupoli  1 , Alessandro Di Minno  1 , Francesco Dentali  3
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Review

Direct oral anticoagulants for the treatment of unprovoked venous thromboembolism: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

Matteo N D Di Minno et al. Blood Transfus. 2015 Jul.
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PRISMA flow diagram.
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Forest plot of the primary efficacy outcome (recurrent VTE or VTE-related death) for DOAC vs VKA in patients with unprovoked (Panel A) or provoked (Panel B) VTE. DOAC: direct oral anticoagulant; VKA: Vitamin K antagonist; M-H: Mantel-Haenszel effect; CI: confidence interval.
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