Normal D-dimer levels in patients with pulmonary embolism

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 159, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 1569-1572

  Kutinsky, Ilana ^a,d   Blakley, Susan ^a   Roche, Vivyenne ^b,c  

^a Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; VENTILATION-PERFUSION RATIO;

EID: 0033606776     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.159.14.1569     Document Type: Article

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