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

Thromb Haemost 1996; 76(05): 816-817
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1650668

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N A C S Wong

¹University 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

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J Virjee

Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, UK

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