A randomized trial of diagnostic strategies after normal proximal vein ultrasonography for suspected deep venous thrombosis: D-dimer testing compared with repeated ultrasonography.

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Published in Ann Intern Med on April 05, 2005

Authors

Clive Kearon1, Jeffrey S Ginsberg, James Douketis, Mark A Crowther, Alexander G Turpie, Shannon M Bates, Agnes Lee, Patrick Brill-Edwards, Terri Finch, Michael Gent

Author Affiliations

1: McMaster University and the Henderson Research Centre, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

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