Immobile ALS patients or those at risk of venous thromboembolism require a comprehensive examination and low-dose heparinisation

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Published Mar 2, 2025
https://doi.org/10.62438/tunismed.v103i3.5658
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Vol. 103 No. 3 (2025): Tunis Med Mar 2025

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Josef Finsterer
Neurology Neurophysiology Center, Vienna, Austria
Sounira Mehri
Biochemistry Laboratory, LR12ES05 "Nutrition-Functional Foods and Vascular Health", Faculty of Medicine, Monastir, Tunisia

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amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, venous thrombosis, coagulopathy, immobility, respiratory dysfunction

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