Diagnostic approach to patients with suspected deep venous thrombosis of the lower limbs;Abordagem diagnóstica dos pacientes com suspeita de trombose venosa profunda dos membros inferiores

Jornal Vascular Brasileiro

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 79-92

  Rollo, Hamilton Almeida ^a,b   Fortes, Veronica Barreto ^a   Fortes Jr , Archângelo Tarciso ^a   Yoshida, Winston Bonetti ^a   Lastória, Sidnei ^a   De Abreu Maffei, Francisco Humberto ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b Medical School   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Lower extremity; Venous thrombosis

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG PHLEBOGRAPHY; LEG THROMBOSIS; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 21844454172     PISSN: 16775449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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