Comparison of six D-dimer methods in patients suspected of deep vein thrombosis

Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 545-550

  Gosselin, Robert C ^a   Owings, John T ^a,b   Kehoe, Joshua ^b   Anderson, John T ^b   Dwyre, Denis M ^a   Jacoby, Robert C ^b   Utter, Garth ^b   Larkin, Edward C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced D Dimer; Deep vein thrombosis; MiniQuant D Dimer; Pulmonary embolism; SimpliRED; VIDAS D Dimer

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THROMBUS; TURBIDIMETRY;

ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0041330492     PISSN: 09575235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001721-200309000-00005     Document Type: Article

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