A survey of the diagnostic and therapeutic management of patients with suspected pulmonary embolism in the Netherlands

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 261-266

  Kuijer, P M M ^a   Turkstra, F ^a   Van Beek, E J R ^a   Ten Cate, J W ^a   Buller H R ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnostic and therapeutic management; Pulmonary embolism; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; TREATMENT PLANNING;

HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; NETHERLANDS; PULMONARY DISEASE (SPECIALTY); PULMONARY EMBOLISM; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0030833773     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-2977(97)00004-1     Document Type: Article

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