Diagnosing pulmonary embolism in pregnancy: Is there a role for D-dimer as a stand-alone test? [6]

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2701-2702

  Morris, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; D DIMER;

D DIMER TEST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG EMBOLISM; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 33748780090     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000239437.16274.4F     Document Type: Letter

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