Has “D-Dimeritis” Worsened during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic?

Giuseppe Lippi; Valeria Perilli

doi:10.1055/s-0043-1761464

Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis, Inhaltsverzeichnis

Semin Thromb Hemost 2023; 49(05): 565-567
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1761464

Letter to the Editor

Has “D-Dimeritis” Worsened during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic?

Giuseppe Lippi

¹Section of Clinical Biochemistry and School of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

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Valeria Perilli

²Management Control Unit, University Hospital of Verona, Verona, Italy

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