Acute pulmonary embolism: Impact of selection bias in prospective diagnostic studies

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 604-608

  Hartmann, I J C ^a   Prins, M H ^a   Buller H R ^a   Banga, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnostic; Perfusion scintigraphy; Pulmonary embolism; Selection bias; Spiral CT

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0035067664     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1615640     Document Type: Article

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