Diagnostic utility of ultrasonography of leg veins in patients suspected of having pulmonary embolism

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 126, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 775-781

  Turkstra, Franktien ^a,b   Kuijer, Philomeen M M ^a,b   Van Beek, Edwin J R ^a,b   Brandjes, Desiderius P M ^a,c   Ten Cate, Jan W ^a,b   Büller, Harry R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c SLOTERVAART HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG THROMBOSIS; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030912499     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-126-10-199705150-00005     Document Type: Article

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