Relationship between disease severity and D-dimer levels measured with two different methods in pulmonary embolism patients

Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 168-172

  Coskun, Funda ^a   Yilmaz, Dilber ^a   Ursavas, Ahmet ^a   Uzaslan, Esra ^a   Ege, Ercument ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

D dimer; Massive pulmonary embolism; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TECHNIQUE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; RANK SUM TEST; TURBIDIMETRY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HEART RATE; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; IMMUNOTURBIDIMETRIC MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY METHOD; IMMUNOTURBIDIMETRIC POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY METHOD; LUNG HEMODYNAMICS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 77954472782     PISSN: 1828695X     EISSN: 20496958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2049-6958-5-3-168     Document Type: Article

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