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. 2020 Jul;27(7):612-613.
doi: 10.1111/acem.14037. Epub 2020 Jun 24.

D-dimer Triage for COVID-19

Chenghong Li  1 , Bingzhu Hu  1 , Zhu Zhang  1   2 , Wei Qin  1 , Ziyang Zhu  1 , Zhenguo Zhai  2 , Bruce L Davidson  3 , Chen Wang  4
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D-dimer Triage for COVID-19

Chenghong Li et al. Acad Emerg Med. 2020 Jul.
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28‐day survival of PCR‐positive COVID‐19 patients by presenting D‐dimer result.
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