Performances of a New, Rapid and Automated Microlatex D-dimer Assay for the Exclusion of Pulmonary Embolism in Symptomatic Outpatients

Guido Reber; Henri Bounameaux; Arnaud Perrier; Philippe de Moerloose

doi:10.1055/s-0037-1615458

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Inhaltsverzeichnis

Thromb Haemost 1998; 80(04): 719-720
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1615458

Letters to the Editor

Schattauer GmbH

Performances of a New, Rapid and Automated Microlatex D-dimer Assay for the Exclusion of Pulmonary Embolism in Symptomatic Outpatients

Guido Reber

¹From the Division of Angiology and Haemostasis and Medicine Clinic I, Department of Internal Medicine, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland

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Henri Bounameaux

¹From the Division of Angiology and Haemostasis and Medicine Clinic I, Department of Internal Medicine, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland

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Arnaud Perrier

¹From the Division of Angiology and Haemostasis and Medicine Clinic I, Department of Internal Medicine, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland

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Philippe de Moerloose

¹From the Division of Angiology and Haemostasis and Medicine Clinic I, Department of Internal Medicine, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland

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