The Usefulness of Compression Ultrasonography of the Lower Limbs in Patients with a Clinical Suspicion of Pulmonary Embolism

Thromb Haemost 2001; 86(02): 726
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1616111

Letters to the Editor

Schattauer GmbH

Melvin R. Mac Gillavry

¹Department of Internal Medicine, Slotervaart Hospital, Amsterdam

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Harry R. Büller

²Department of Vascular Medicine, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Dees P. M. Brandjes

¹Department of Internal Medicine, Slotervaart Hospital, Amsterdam

²Department of Vascular Medicine, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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