The value of D-dimer test in the diagnosis of patients with nontraumatic acute abdomen

Ulusal Travma ve Acil Cerrahi Dergisi

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 22-26

  Akyildiz, Hizir Yakup ^a   Sözüer, Erdoǧan ^a   Akcan, Alper ^a   Küçük, Can ^a   Artis, Tarik ^a   Biri, Ismail ^a   Yilmaz, Namik ^b  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

^b ESKISEHIR MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute abdomen; D dimer; Leukocyte

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; D DIMER TEST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE;

EID: 74549118519     PISSN: 1306696X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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