Diagnosis of deep-vein thrombosis in the year 2000

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 309-313

  Wells, Philip S ^a,b,c   Anderson, David R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

CLINICAL FEATURE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW;

EID: 0033914579     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00063198-200007000-00010     Document Type: Review

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