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Theme: Pediatric & Geriatric Cardiology - Review

Adapting the D-dimer cutoff for thrombosis detection in elderly outpatients

Marion Andro Université de Brest, Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé, EA3878, Brest, France; CHU de Brest, Service de Gériatrie, Brest, France; Université de Brest, Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé, EA3878, Brest, France; CHU de Brest, Service de Gériatrie, Brest, France
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Marc Righini Geneva University Hospital, Department of General Internal Medicine, Division of Angiology and Heamostasis, Geneva, Switzerland; Geneva University Hospital, Department of General Internal Medicine, Division of Angiology and Heamostasis, Geneva, Switzerland
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Grégoire Le Gal Université de Brest, Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé, EA3878, Brest, France; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa, Canada. [email protected]; University of Ottawa, Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa, Canada; The Ottawa Hospital, Department of Medicine, Ottawa, Canada
Pages 751-759 | Published online: 10 Jan 2014

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