Analysis of Thrombophilia Test Ordering Practices at an Academic Center: A Proposal for Appropriate Testing to Reduce Harm and Cost

• Yu-Min Shen,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

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• Judy Tsai ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Judy Tsai, Evelyn Taiwo

  Current address: Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

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• Evelyn Taiwo ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Judy Tsai, Evelyn Taiwo

  Current address: Department of Medicine, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

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• Chakri Gavva ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6269-9222

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• Sean G. Yates ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

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• Vivek Patel,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

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• Eugene Frenkel,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

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• Ravi Sarode

  * E-mail: ravi.sarode@utsouthwestern.edu

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

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