D-Dimer Measurement and Laboratory Feedback

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 82-83

  Lippi, Giuseppe ^a   Favaloro, Emmanuel J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM;

EID: 67249088922     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2008.07.033     Document Type: Letter

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