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D-Dimer Blood Test

ID 59

 

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Adam SS, Key NS, Greenberg CS (March 2009). "D-dimer antigen: current concepts and future prospects". Blood 113 (13): 2878–87. doi:10.1182/blood-2008-06-165845. PMID 19008457. http://bloodjournal.hematologylibrary.org/cgi/content/full/113/13/2878. 
  2. ^ Wells PS, Anderson DR, Rodger M, et al. (2003). "Evaluation of D-dimer in the diagnosis of suspected deep-vein thrombosis". N. Engl. J. Med. 349 (13): 1227–35. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa023153. PMID 14507948. http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/349/13/1227. 
  3. ^ Rathbun, SW; TL Whitsett, SK Vesely, GE Raskob (2004). "Clinical utility of D-dimer in patients with suspected pulmonary embolism and nondiagnostic lung scans or negative CT findings". Chest 125 (125): 851. doi:10.1378/chest.125.3.851. PMID 15006941. 
  4. ^ Schrecengost JE, LeGallo RD, Boyd JC, Moons KG, Gonias SL, Rose CE Jr, Bruns DE. Comparison of diagnostic accuracies in outpatients and hospitalized patients of D-dimer testing for the evaluation of suspected pulmonary embolism. Clin Chem 2003;49:1483-90. PMID 12928229.

Conditions linked to this diagnostic test

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Biochemical components measured or associated with this test

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