Diagnostic value of plasma thrombin-antithrombin III complex and D- dimer concentration in patients with varicose veins for exclusion of deep- vein thrombosis

Thrombosis Research

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 101-104

  Kawasaki, Tomio ^a   Shinoki, Nobutoshi ^a   Iwamoto, Shin Ichi ^a   Fujimura, Hironobu ^a   Yoshikawa, Norihide ^a   Ohta, Yoshihiko ^a   Ikeda, Masataka ^a   Ariyoshi, Hideo ^a   Shibuya, Takashi ^b   Monden, Morito ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b Settsu Iseikai Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

D dimer; Deep vein thrombosis; Diagnosis; Sclero therapy; Thrombin antithrombin III complex; Varicose veins

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; THROMBIN ANTITHROMBIN COMPLEX;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARICOSIS;

ANTITHROMBIN III; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TIME FACTORS; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 0032528083     PISSN: 00493848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0049-3848(98)00081-4     Document Type: Article

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