title: Response.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Clinical Epidemiology, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada susan.kahn@mcgill.ca.
authors.forename: Susan R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Kahn
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
authors.forename: Stan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shapiro
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D054070:Postthrombotic Syndrome / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D053828:Stockings, Compression; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000628:therapy*