A multicenter evaluation of a new quantitative highly sensitive D-dimer assay for exclusion of venous thromboembolism

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 505-512

  De Moerloose, Philippe ^a   Palareti, Gualtiero ^b   Aguilar, Carlos ^c   Legnani, Cristina ^b   Reber, Guido ^a   Peetz, Dirk ^d  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c HOSPITAL SANTA BÁRBARA   (Spain)

^d JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

D dimer; Deep venous thrombosis; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; CHEMISTRY, CLINICAL; DIMERIZATION; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 51349135735     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/TH08-04-0202     Document Type: Article

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