Diagnostic value of D-dimer in outpatients with suspected deep venous thrombosis receiving oral anticoagulation

Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 253-257

  Aguilar, Carlos ^a   Del Villar, Valentín ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL SANTA BÁRBARA   (Spain)

^b Hospital General Santa Barbara   (Spain)

Author keywords

D dimer; Deep venous thrombosis; Diagnosis; Oral anticoagulation

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; D DIMER;

AGED; ALGORITHM; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALGORITHMS; ANTICOAGULANTS; DIAGNOSIS; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; OUTPATIENTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 34247149891     PISSN: 09575235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MBC.0b013e32808738c5     Document Type: Article

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