D-dimer: Simple test, tough problems

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 137, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1030-1038

  Olson, John D ^a   Cunningham, Mark T ^b   Higgins, Russell A ^a   Eby, Charles S ^c   Brandt, John T ^d  

^a University of Texas Health Science Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; FIBRIN FRAGMENT D;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; LABORATORY PROFICIENCY TESTING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 84881047365     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2012-0296-CP     Document Type: Article

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