Evaluation of an Automated Micro-latex D-dimer Assay (Tina-quant® on Hitachi 911 Analyser) in Symptomatic Outpatients with Suspected DVT

Tomas L. Lindahl; Tom H. Lundahl; Sven-Göran Fransson

doi:10.1055/s-0037-1614916

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 1999; 82(06): 1772-1773
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1614916

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Evaluation of an Automated Micro-latex D-dimer Assay (Tina-quant^® on Hitachi 911 Analyser) in Symptomatic Outpatients with Suspected DVT

Tomas L. Lindahl

¹Department of Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden

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Tom H. Lundahl

²Department of Clinical Chemistry, Västervik Hospital, Linköping, Sweden

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Sven-Göran Fransson

³Department of Thoracic Radiology, University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden

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