Gestation-specific D-dimer reference ranges: A cross-sectional study

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 395-400

  Murphy, N ^a   Broadhurst, D I ^b   Khashan, A S ^a   Gilligan, O ^c   Kenny, L C ^a   O'Donoghue, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

Author keywords

D dimer; pregnancy; reference range; venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; FIBRIN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; FIBRIN FRAGMENT D;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MULTIPARA; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; BLOOD; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HOSPITAL; IRELAND; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PRENATAL CARE; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HUMANS; IRELAND; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PRENATAL CARE; REFERENCE VALUES; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84922748245     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.12855     Document Type: Article

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