The role of D-dimer in the diagnosis of venous thromboembolism

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 275-279

  Lee, Agnes Y Y ^a   Ginsberg, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FIBRIN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; FIBRIN FRAGMENT D;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; BLOOD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOPHLEBITIS;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY, IMPEDANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOPHLEBITIS;

EID: 0031179502     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00063198-199707000-00007     Document Type: Article

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