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Thromb Haemost 1998; 80(04): 719-720
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1615458
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Performances of a New, Rapid and Automated Microlatex D-dimer Assay for the Exclusion of Pulmonary Embolism in Symptomatic Outpatients

Guido Reber
1   From the Division of Angiology and Haemostasis and Medicine Clinic I, Department of Internal Medicine, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
,
Henri Bounameaux
1   From the Division of Angiology and Haemostasis and Medicine Clinic I, Department of Internal Medicine, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
,
Arnaud Perrier
1   From the Division of Angiology and Haemostasis and Medicine Clinic I, Department of Internal Medicine, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
,
Philippe de Moerloose
1   From the Division of Angiology and Haemostasis and Medicine Clinic I, Department of Internal Medicine, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
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Received 07 May 1998

Accepted after revision 26 June 1998

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08 December 2017 (online)

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