SimpliRED D-dimer Assay: Comparability of Capillary and Citrated Venous Whole Blood, Between-assay Variability, and Performance of the Test for Exclusion of Deep Vein Thrombosis in Symptomatic Outpatients

T. Mauron; I. Baumgartner; A. Z’Brun; Demarmels F. Biasiutti; M. Redondo; D. D. Do; B. Lämmle; W. A. Wuillemin

doi:10.1055/s-0037-1615046

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 1998; 79(06): 1217-1219
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1615046

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SimpliRED D-dimer Assay: Comparability of Capillary and Citrated Venous Whole Blood, Between-assay Variability, and Performance of the Test for Exclusion of Deep Vein Thrombosis in Symptomatic Outpatients

T. Mauron

¹Central Hematology Laboratory and Division of Angiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland

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I. Baumgartner

¹Central Hematology Laboratory and Division of Angiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland

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A. Z’Brun

¹Central Hematology Laboratory and Division of Angiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland

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Demarmels F. Biasiutti

¹Central Hematology Laboratory and Division of Angiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland

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M. Redondo

¹Central Hematology Laboratory and Division of Angiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland

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D. D. Do

¹Central Hematology Laboratory and Division of Angiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland

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B. Lämmle

¹Central Hematology Laboratory and Division of Angiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland

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W. A. Wuillemin

¹Central Hematology Laboratory and Division of Angiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland

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