Over reliance on D-dimer requests in the diagnosis of venous thromboembolism (VTE)

A. E. Stanton, A. Tobin, M. Leach, C. E. Bucknall (Glasgow, United Kingdom)

Source: Annual Congress 2003 - Pulmonary thromboembolism
Session: Pulmonary thromboembolism
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 1481
Disease area: Pulmonary vascular diseases

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