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Effectiveness of Thigh-Length Graduated Compression Stockings to Reduce the Risk of Deep Vein Thrombosis After Stroke (CLOTS Trial 1): A Multicentre, Randomised Controlled Trial
Lancet 373:1958-1965,1923, The CLOTS Trial Collaboration, 2009
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Article Abstract
These data do not lend support to the use of thigh-length GCS in patients admitted to hospital with acute stroke. National guidelines for stroke might need to be revised on the basis of these results.
 
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