Accuracy of clinical assessment of deep-vein thrombosis

The Lancet

Volumn 345, Issue 8961, 1995, Pages 1326-1330

  Wells, PhilipS ^a   Hirsh, Jack ^b   Anderson, DavidR ^e   Lensing, AnthonyW A ^f   Foster, Gary ^h   Kearon, Clive ^b   Weitz, Jeffrey ^b   D'Ovidio, Robert ^c   Cogo, Alberto ^d   Prandoni, Paolo ^d   Girolami, Antonio ^d   Ginsberg, JeffreyS ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c HENDERSON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d Istituto di Semelotica Medica ^*  (Italy)

^e QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^f ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

^h NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029005522     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(95)92535-X     Document Type: Article

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