Excluding deep venous thrombosis in symptomatic outpatients: Is fibrin monomer aid to D-dimer analysis?

Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 546-551

  Dopsaj, Violeta ^a,b   Bogavac Stanojevic, Natasa ^b   Vasic, Dragan ^a   Vukosavljevic, Dragana ^a   Martinovic, Jelena ^b   Kotur Stevuljevic, Jelena ^b   Spasic, Slavica ^b  

^a CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

D dimer; Deep venous thrombosis; Fibrin monomer; Pretestprobability score; Receiver operating characteristic curve

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; FIBRIN MONOMER; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FIBRIN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; FIBRIN FRAGMENT D; FIBRINMONOMER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; AGED; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 70349845895     PISSN: 09575235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MBC.0b013e32832e0605     Document Type: Article

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