D-Dimer in normal pregnancy: Determination of reference values for three commercially available assays

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2014, Pages e257-e259

  Bergmann, Frauke ^a   Pingel, Nadine ^b   Czwalinna, Andreas ^a   Koch, Matthias ^b  

^a Amedes Group   (Germany)

^b Amedes Group   (Germany)

Author keywords

D dimer; pregnancy; reference values

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; FIBRIN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; FIBRIN FRAGMENT D;

ASSAY; CHEMICAL ANALYZER; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; REFERENCE VALUE; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; IMMUNOASSAY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; STANDARDS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REFERENCE VALUES; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84908114299     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2014-0054     Document Type: Letter

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