Plasma D-dimer assays in the diagnosis of venous thromboembolism in cancer patients

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 50-51

  Hunt, Beverley J ^a,b  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; FIBRIN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; FIBRIN FRAGMENT D;

ALGORITHM; CANCER; CAPILLARY BLOOD; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MORBIDITY; NOTE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VEIN THROMBOSIS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NEOPLASM; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33644848867     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2005.01737.x     Document Type: Note

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