The role of venous ultrasonography in the diagnosis of suspected deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 129, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1044-1049

  Kearon, Clive ^a,b   Ginsberg, Jeffrey S ^a   Hirsh, Jack ^a,c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HENDERSON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULATION; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG EMBOLISM; POPLITEAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0032535303     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-129-12-199812150-00009     Document Type: Review

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