D-dimer and its relationship to fibrinogen/fibrin degradation products (FDPs) in disorders associated with activation of coagulation or fibrinolytic systems

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 77-79

  Moresco, Rafael Noal ^a,b   Vargas, Luis Cláudio Rosa ^a   Voegeli, Carlos Franco ^a   Vianna Santos, Roberto Christ ^b  

^a Santa Casa Complexo Hospitalar   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

D dimer; Fibrinogen fibrin degradation products; Fibrinolysis; Hemostasis; Immunoassays

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; FIBRINOGEN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD SAMPLING; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEVICE INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOASSAY; LABORATORY TEST; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; LUNG EMBOLISM; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; TURBIDIMETRY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; FIBRINOLYSIS; HUMANS; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0037279051     PISSN: 08878013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcla.10072     Document Type: Article

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