D-dimers testing is not recommended for the exclusion of deep vein thrombosis in outpatients with lower limb erysipelas

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 880-

  Mazzolai, Lucia ^a   Haesler, Erik ^a   Milesi, Ilaria ^a   Hayoz, Daniel ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; D DIMER; FIBRIN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; FIBRIN FRAGMENT D;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE MARKER; ECHOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYSIPELAS; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY TEST; LEG DISEASE; LETTER; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ERYSIPELAS; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0036847652     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1613322     Document Type: Letter

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