Feasibility and accuracy of a rapid 'point-of-care'D-dimer test performed with a capillary blood sample [4]

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1327-1329

  van der Velde, Eit F ^a   Wichers, I M ^a   Toll, D B ^b   van Weert, H C P M ^a   Buller H R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

BLOOD SAMPLING; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT SAFETY; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VENOUS BLOOD;

EID: 34250172098     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2007.02567.x     Document Type: Letter

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