Determinants of plasma D-dimer levels in a traveling population

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2445-2448

  Hughes, R ^a   Thomson, K ^b   Hopkins, R ^a   Weatherall, M ^b   Wiltshire, C ^c   Wilsher, M ^a   Beasley, Richard ^c,d  

^a GREEN LANE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NEW ZEALAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

D dimer level; Risk factors; Thrombophilia; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOPHILIA; TRAVEL; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRAVEL; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 28444493647     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2005.01568.x     Document Type: Article

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