Diagnostic test comparisons in patients with deep venous thrombosis

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 89-92

  Line, Bruce R ^a   Peters, Teresa L ^a   Keenan, James ^a  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

antifibrin scintigraphy; deep venous thrombosis; diagnostic test comparisons

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN ANTIBODY; TECHNETIUM 99M; TECHNETIUM 99M FIBRIN ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIPHLEBOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; FIBRIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FAB FRAGMENTS; LEG; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0031021553     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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