Operating Characteristics of Automated Latex Immunoassay Fibrin D-Dimer Tests in the Diagnosis of Angiographically-defined Acute Pulmonary Embolism

Thromb Haemost 2000; 83(06): 970
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1613956

Letters to the Editor

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Operating Characteristics of Automated Latex Immunoassay Fibrin D-Dimer Tests in the Diagnosis of Angiographically-defined Acute Pulmonary Embolism^[*]

J. A. Heit

¹Section of Vascular Medicine Rochester, Minnesota, USA

²Division of Hematology, Section of Hematology Research, Department of Internal Medicine Rochester, Minnesota, USA
B. J. Meyers

²Division of Hematology, Section of Hematology Research, Department of Internal Medicine Rochester, Minnesota, USA
E. A. Plumhoff

²Division of Hematology, Section of Hematology Research, Department of Internal Medicine Rochester, Minnesota, USA
D. R. Larson

³Section of Biostatistics, Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
W. L. Nichols

²Division of Hematology, Section of Hematology Research, Department of Internal Medicine Rochester, Minnesota, USA

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