The d-dimer test for deep venous thrombosis: Gold standards and bias in negative predictive value

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 570-574

  Philbrick, John T ^a   Heim, Steven ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; D DIMER TEST; DATA ANALYSIS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIMERIZATION; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; STANDARD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THIGH;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; LEG; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS;

EID: 0037381238     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/49.4.570     Document Type: Article

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