Diagnostic strategies for the management of patients with clinically suspected deep-vein thrombosis

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 268-274

  Kraaijenhagen, Roderik A ^a   Lensing, Anthonie W A ^a   Lijmer, Jeroen G ^a   Prandoni, Paolo ^a   Prins, Martin H ^a   Ginsberg, Jeffrey S ^a   Buller, Harry R ^a  

^a Ctr Haemostasis Atherosclerosis I   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; FIBRIN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; FIBRIN FRAGMENT D;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; META ANALYSIS; THROMBOPHLEBITIS;

ANTICOAGULANTS; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY, IMPEDANCE; THROMBOPHLEBITIS;

EID: 0031178999     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00063198-199707000-00006     Document Type: Article

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