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Comment
. 2012 Nov;97(11):e43-4.
doi: 10.3324/haematol.2012.072231.

The use of age-dependent D-dimer cut-off values to exclude deep vein thrombosis. Reply to "Using an age-dependent D-dimer cut-off value increases the number of older patients in whom deep vein thrombosis can be safely excluded". Haematologica 2012;97(10):1507-13

Angela D Hamblin, Karen Cairns, David M Keeling
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The use of age-dependent D-dimer cut-off values to exclude deep vein thrombosis. Reply to "Using an age-dependent D-dimer cut-off value increases the number of older patients in whom deep vein thrombosis can be safely excluded". Haematologica 2012;97(10):1507-13

Angela D Hamblin et al. Haematologica. 2012 Nov.
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