D‐dimer threshold increase with pretest probability unlikely for pulmonary embolism to decrease unnecessary computerized tomographic pulmonary angiography
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- 28 January 2012
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis
- Vol. 10 (4), 572-581
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1538-7836.2012.04647.x
Abstract
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