Multicenter evaluation of a new quantitative highly sensitive D-dimer assay, the Hemosil® D-dimer HS 500, in patients with clinically suspected venous thromboembolism

Thrombosis Research

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 398-401

  Legnani, Cristina ^a   Cini, Michela ^a   Scarvelis, Dimitrios ^b   Toulon, Pierre ^c   Wu, Jogin R ^d   Palareti, Gualtiero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

D dimer; Deep vein thrombosis; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; HEMOSIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT DURATION; TURBIDIMETRY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951666347     PISSN: 00493848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2009.07.013     Document Type: Article

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