A Diagnostic Strategy Involving a Quantitative Latex D-Dimer Assay Reliably Excludes Deep Venous Thrombosis

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 138, Issue 10, 2003, Pages

  Bates, Shannon M ^a,b   Kearon, Clive ^a   Crowther, Mark ^a   Linkins, Lori ^a   O'Donnell, Martin ^a   Douketis, Jim ^a   Lee, Agnes Y Y ^a   Weitz, Jeffrey I ^a   Johnston, Marilyn ^a   Ginsberg, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; LATEX; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FIBRIN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; FIBRIN FRAGMENT D;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; QUANTITATIVE LATEX D DIMER ASSAY; SERIAL COMPRESSION ECHOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL MODEL; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0038010699     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-138-10-200305200-00006     Document Type: Article

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