Does an immunochromatographic D-dimer exclude acute lower limb deep venous thrombosis?

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 18, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 457-463

  Subramaniam, Rathan M ^a,b,c   Heath, Rebekah ^a   Cox, Kim ^a   Chou, Tina ^a   Stewart, Joanna ^a   Sleigh, Jamie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

D dimer; Deep venous thrombosis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33750435178     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2006.00866.x     Document Type: Article

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