Evaluation of D-dimer in the diagnosis of suspected deep-vein thrombosis

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 349, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 1227-1235

  Wells, Philip S ^a,e   Anderson, David R ^b   Rodger, Marc ^a   Forgie, Melissa ^a   Kearon, Clive ^d   Dreyer, Jonathan ^c   Kovacs, George ^b   Mitchell, Michael ^b   Lewandowski, Bernard ^a   Kovacs, Michael J ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; FIBRIN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; FIBRIN FRAGMENT D;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ALGORITHM; LUNG EMBOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREVALENCE; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0141796729     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa023153     Document Type: Article

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