Prospective assessment of the natural history of positive D-dimer results in persons with acute venous thromboembolism (DVT or PE)

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 284-287

  Kuruvilla, John ^c   Wells, Phil S ^b   Morrow, Bev ^a   MacKinnon, Karen ^a   Keeney, Michael ^a   Kovacs, Michael J ^a  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

D dimer; Diagnosis; Natural history; Recurrence; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; DALTEPARIN; TINZAPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEVICE; DIMERIZATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECURRENT DISEASE; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 0037324246     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1613444     Document Type: Article

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