Noninvasive diagnosis of pulmonary embolism

Hospital Practice

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 47-55

  Perrier, Arnaud ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO;

EID: 0032529863     PISSN: 87502836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/hp.1998.09.109     Document Type: Article

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