D-Dimer for venous thromboembolism diagnosis: 20 years later

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1059-1071

  Righini, M ^a   Perrier, A ^a   De Moerloose, P ^a   Bounameaux, Henri ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIVITAMIN K; D DIMER; FIBRIN; HEPARIN;

ANAMNESIS; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; D DIMER TEST; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBOLECTOMY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; NEOPLASM; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZATION; TURBIDIMETRY; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIOVASCULAR; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 45549093216     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2008.02981.x     Document Type: Review

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