D-dimer test: Diagnostic role in clinical and sub-clinical DIC

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 425-426

  Saxena, Renu ^a   Gupta, P K ^a   Ahmed, R ^a   Batra, Vinita ^a   Kumar, Suresh ^a  

^a INSTITUTE ROTARY CANCER HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Acute DIC; D dimer; Sub clinical DIC

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; D DIMER TEST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBIN TIME; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBIN TIME;

EID: 1142298804     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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