A comparison of three rapid D-dimer methods for the diagnosis of venous thromboembolism

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 140-144

  Kovacs, Michael J ^a,e   MacKinnon, Karen M ^a   Anderson, David ^b   O'Rourke, Keith ^c   Keeney, Michael ^a   Kearon, Clive ^d   Ginsberg, Jeffrey ^d   Wells, Philip S ^c  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

D dimers; Deep vein thrombosis; Diagnosis; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0034772549     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2001.03060.x     Document Type: Article

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