Reliability of five rabid D-Dimer assays compared to ELISA in the exclusion of deep venous thrombosis

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 262-266

  Janssen, M C H ^a   Heebels, A E ^b   De Metz, M ^b   Verbruggen, H ^a   Wollersheim, H ^a   Janssen, S ^b   Schuurmans, M M J ^b   Novakova I R O ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; FIBRIN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; FIBRIN FRAGMENT D;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; THROMBOPHLEBITIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; THROMBOPHLEBITIS;

EID: 0030614846     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1655950     Document Type: Article

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