Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 50, Issue 5 , Pages 1099-1105 , November 2009

Combined use of pretest clinical probability score and latex agglutination D-dimer testing for excluding acute deep vein thrombosis

Received 27 April 2009 ,Accepted 30 June 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.06.059

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 50, Issue 5 , Pages 1099-1105 , November 2009

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