D-Dimer testing in suspected venous thromboembolism: An update

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 437-442

  Bounameaux, H ^a   De Moerloose, P ^a   Perrier, A ^a   Miron, M J ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; FIBRIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PLASMIN;

DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMBOLISM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FIBRINOLYSIS; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0030825679     PISSN: 00335622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/90.7.437     Document Type: Review

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