Performance of five D-dimer assays for the exclusion of symptomatic distal leg vein thrombosis

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 369-378

  Luxembourg, Beate ^a   Schwonberg, Jan ^a   Hecking, Carola ^a   Schindewolf, Marc ^a   Zgouras, Dimitrios ^a   Lehmeyer, Susanne ^a   Lindhoff Last, Edelgard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calf vein thrombosis; Compression ultrasonography; D dimer; Deep vein thrombosis; Venous thrombosis

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; D DIMER ASSAY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG THROMBOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84856653732     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/th11-07-0511     Document Type: Article

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