Value of assessment of pretest probability of deep-vein thrombosis in clinical management

Lancet

Volumn 350, Issue 9094, 1997, Pages 1795-1798

  Wells, Philip ^a,c   Anderson, David R ^a,b   Bormanis, Janis ^a   Guy, Fred ^a,b   Mitchell, Michael ^a,b   Gray, Lisa ^a,b   Clement, Cathy ^a   Robinson, K Sue ^a,b   Lewandowski, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LEG VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT PLANNING; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0031588519     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(97)08140-3     Document Type: Article

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