D-dimer testing: Advantages and limitations in emergency medicine for managing acute venous thromboembolism [6]

Internal and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 70-71

  Imberti, D ^a  

^a Ospedale Civile   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; FIBRIN FRAGMENT D; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE DISEASE; BLOOD; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMAN; LETTER; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VEIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VEINS;

EID: 34249877932     PISSN: 18280447     EISSN: 19709366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11739-007-0020-3     Document Type: Letter

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