The Wells rule does not adequately rule out deep venous thrombosis in primary care patients

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Oudega, Ruud ^a   Hoes, Arno W ^a   Moons, Karel G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OUTPATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 22144482023     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-143-2-200507190-00008     Document Type: Article

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