Diagnostic management of clinically suspected acute deep vein thrombosis

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 347-360

  Tan, Melanie ^a   Van Rooden, Cornelis J ^b   Westerbeek, Robin E ^c   Huisman, Menno V ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b HAGA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c DEVENTER HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clinical decision rule; D dimer test; Deep vein thrombosis; Diagnosis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ACUTE DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ALGORITHMS; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 67749127529     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2009.07732.x     Document Type: Review

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