Compression ultrasonography for diagnostic management of patients with clinically suspected deep vein thrombosis: prospective cohort study.

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Published in BMJ on January 03, 1998

Authors

A Cogo1, A W Lensing, M M Koopman, F Piovella, S Siragusa, P S Wells, S Villalta, H R Büller, A G Turpie, P Prandoni

Author Affiliations

1: Istituto di Semeiotica Medica, University of Padua, Italy.

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