The use of D-dimer in exclusion of diagnosis of suspected Deep Vein Thrombosis

Background: Deep venous thrombosis is a common disorder associated with significant morbidity, chronic venous insufficiency as well as fatal pulmonary embolism. venography has been the gold standard of diagnosis, however it has been replaced in most areas by duplex ultrasound which is generally very...

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Main Authors: Lamyaa Jaafar Hammoodi Alqaisi, Hussein Hasan Abed, Rasha Tariq Jawad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
Series:Iraqi Journal of Hematology
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Online Access:http://www.ijhonline.org/article.asp?issn=2072-8069;year=2015;volume=4;issue=2;spage=45;epage=58;aulast=Alqaisi;type=0