The sensitivity and specificity of a red blood cell agglutination D-dimer assay for venous thromboembolism when performed on venous blood.
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- 28 January 2002
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of internal medicine (1960)
- Vol. 162 (2) , 217-220
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.162.2.217
Abstract
D DIMER is a fibrin degradation product formed by the enzymatic activity of plasmin on cross-linked fibrin polymers. Plasma levels can be measured and are useful in patients who present with symptoms of pulmonary embolism (PE) or deep vein thrombosis (DVT),1,2 because negative test results (below a predefined cut point) rule out the likelihood of these diseases.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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