Evaluation of Advanced D-dimer assay for the exclusion of venous thromboembolism

Thrombosis Research

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 197-200

  Reber, Guido ^a   Bounameaux, Henri ^a   Perrier, Arnaud ^a   De Moerloose, Philippe ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

D dimer; Deep venous thrombosis; Diagnosis; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; FIBRIN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; FIBRIN FRAGMENT D;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; VALIDATION PROCESS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; INSTRUMENTATION; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

CALIBRATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0036762144     PISSN: 00493848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0049-3848(02)00301-8     Document Type: Article

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