Non-invasive diagnosis of venous thromboembolism in outpatients

Lancet

Volumn 353, Issue 9148, 1999, Pages 190-195

  Perrier, Arnaud ^a   Desmarais, Sylvie ^b   Miron, Marie José ^a   De Moerloose, Philippe ^a   Lepage, Raymond ^b   Slosman, Daniel ^a   Didier, Dominique ^a   Unger, Pierre François ^a   Patenaude, Jean Victor ^b   Bounameaux, Henri ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; D DIMER;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG COMPRESSION; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 0033573784     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(98)05248-9     Document Type: Article

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