Contribution of a new, rapid, quantitative and automated method for D- dimer measurement to exclude deep veto thrombosis in symptomatic outpatients

Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 69-74

  Legnani, Cristina ^a   Pancani, C ^a   Palareti, G ^a   Guazzaloca, G ^a   Coccheri, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

D dimer, deep vein thrombosis, laboratory tests, predictive value

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; FIBRIN DEGRADATION PRODUCT;

BLOOD SAMPLING; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0033045447     PISSN: 09575235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001721-199903000-00002     Document Type: Review

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