Advances in diagnosing and excluding pulmonary embolism: Spiral CT and D-dimer measurement

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 721-729

  Carman, Teresa L ^a   Deitcher, Steven R ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

BLOOD ANALYSIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HUMAN; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036737436     PISSN: 08911150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.69.9.721     Document Type: Review

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