The role of D-dimer testing in patients with suspected venous thromboembolism

Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 50-59

  Prisco, Domenico ^a,b   Grifoni, Elisa ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

D dimer; Diagnosis; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ASSAY; BLOOD CLOTTING; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; LUNG EMBOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZATION; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ALGORITHMS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 63149152105     PISSN: 00946176     EISSN: 10989064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1214148     Document Type: Review

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