Automated latex agglutination and ELISA testing yield equivalent D-dimer results in patients with recent myocardial infarction

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1412-1416

  Marder, Victor J ^a,c   Zareba, Wojciech ^b   Horan, John T ^b   Moss, Arthur J ^b   Kanouse, Joel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c JOINT REPLACEMENT INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0032745706     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1614846     Document Type: Article

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