The clinical validity of normal compression ultrasonography in outpatients suspected of having deep venous thrombosis

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-7

  Birdwell, Brian G ^a,b   Raskob, Gary E ^a   Whitsett, Thomas L ^a,c   Durica, Sherri S ^a,c   Comp, Philip C ^a,d   George, James N ^a,c   Tytle, Timothy L ^a,c   McKee, Patrick A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; LEG PHLEBOGRAPHY; LEG THROMBOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPLITEAL VEIN; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 0031963711     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-128-1-199801010-00001     Document Type: Article

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