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Last Posted: May 17, 2017

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• Personal Stories of People Living with Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism  
  CDC Social Media
• Venous Thromboembolism: Know the Risks, Signs & Symptoms of Blood Clots 
• Economic Evaluations of Thrombophilia Screening Prior to Prescribing Combined Oral Contraceptives: A Systematic and Critical Review.  
  Vernon Erin et al. Applied health economics and health policy 2017 Mar
• Are You at Risk for Blood Clots? 
• Inherited Thrombophilia  
  S Collins, Genome Magazine, January 2017
• The Appropriateness and Cost of Thrombophilia Panel Testing: It’s Complicated
  S Bowen et al, CDC Blog Post, December 15, 2016
• Having Surgery? Take Steps to Prevent Blood Clots!  
  C Hooper, HHS Blog Post, August 22, 2016
• Stop the Clot, Spread the Word  
  New Campaign Materials on Blood Clots and Hospitalization
• African Ancestry and Dangerous Blood Clots  
  R Lewis, PLOS Blogs, June 30, 2016
• Family history of venous thromboembolism and risk of hospitalized thromboembolism in cancer patients: A nationwide family study.  
  Zöller Bengt et al. Thrombosis research 2015 Sep 136(3) 573-81
• PO-04 - A new genetic risk score for predicting venous thromboembolic events in cancer patients receiving chemotherapy.  
  Martín A J Muñoz et al. Thrombosis research 2016 Apr 140 Suppl 1S177-8
• CDC Challenge Winners!
  CDC champions for success in preventing healthcare-associated blood clots.
• Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism (DVT/PE) are often underdiagnosed and serious, but preventable medical conditions. 
• Personal Stories of Deep Vein Thrombosis  
  CDC Flickr Album
• A study of thrombophilia testing and counseling practices of family physicians using the script concordance method in Calgary, Canada.  
  Schneider-MacRae N et al. Clinical and applied thrombosis/hemostasis : official journal of the International Academy of Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis 2012 Jul 18(4) 403-8
• Blood Clot: It Happened to Her, Don’t Let It Happen to You  
  Craig Hooper, HHS Blog post, October 20, 2015

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