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Thromb Haemost 1996; 76(05): 816-817
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1650668
Letters to the Editor
Schattauer GmbH Stuttgart

Serum C Reactive Protein Does Not Reliably Exclude Lower Limb Deep Venous Thrombosis

N A C S Wong
1   University Department of Pathology & Microbiology, Bristol, UK
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R D Laitt
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, UK
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P R Goddard
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, UK
,
J Virjee
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, UK
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Received 03 June 1996

Accepted after revision26 June 1996

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11 July 2018 (online)

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