Rapid Quantitative D-dimer Assay and Clinical Evaluation for the Diagnosis of Clinically Suspected Deep Vein Thrombosis

Thromb Haemost 1997; 77(03): 602-603
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1656013

Letter to the Editor

Schattauer GmbH Stuttgart

J Y Borg

¹The Unité fonctionnelle d’hémostase, CHU Rouen, France

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H Lévesque

²Département de Médecine Interne, CHU Rouen-Boisguillaume, Rouen, France

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N Cailleux

²Département de Médecine Interne, CHU Rouen-Boisguillaume, Rouen, France

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C Franc

¹The Unité fonctionnelle d’hémostase, CHU Rouen, France

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M F Hellot

²Département de Médecine Interne, CHU Rouen-Boisguillaume, Rouen, France

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H Courtois

²Département de Médecine Interne, CHU Rouen-Boisguillaume, Rouen, France

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