Editorial: D-dimer as a New Test for the Diagnosis of DIC and Thromboembolic Disease

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 757-759

  Monreal, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; FIBRIN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; FIBRIN FRAGMENT D;

BLOOD CLOTTING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DOG; EDITORIAL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMOSTASIS; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; NONHUMAN; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TURBIDIMETRY; VETERINARY MEDICINE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD; DOG DISEASE; METABOLISM; NOTE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANIMALS; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 0347625737     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1892/0891-6640(2003)17<757:E>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Editorial

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