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Thromb Haemost 2008; 100(04): 718-721
DOI: 10.1160/TH08-04-0250
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D-dimer testing and recurrent venous thromboembolism after unprovoked pulmonary embolism: A post-hoc analysis of the prolong extension study

Vittorio Pengo
1   Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, Clinical Cardiology, University Hospital, Padua, Italy
,
Gualtiero Palareti
2   Department of Angiology & Blood Coagulation “Marino Golinelli”, University Hospital S. Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy
,
Benilde Cosmi
2   Department of Angiology & Blood Coagulation “Marino Golinelli”, University Hospital S. Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy
,
Cristina Legnani
2   Department of Angiology & Blood Coagulation “Marino Golinelli”, University Hospital S. Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy
,
Alberto Tosetto
3   Department of Hematology, S. Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy
,
Adriano Alatri
4   Haemostasis & Thrombosis Center, General Hospital, Cremona, Italy
,
Filippo Marzot
1   Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, Clinical Cardiology, University Hospital, Padua, Italy
,
Cinzia Pegoraro
1   Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, Clinical Cardiology, University Hospital, Padua, Italy
,
Umberto Cucchini
1   Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, Clinical Cardiology, University Hospital, Padua, Italy
,
Sabino Iliceto
1   Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, Clinical Cardiology, University Hospital, Padua, Italy
,
for the PROLONG Investigators (on behalf of FCSA, Italian Federation of Anticoagulation Clinics) › Author Affiliations
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Received 22 April 2008

Accepted after major revision 13 July 2008

Publication Date:
22 November 2017 (online)

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