D-Dimers Testing Is not Recommended for the Exclusion of Deep Vein Thrombosis in Outpatients with Lower Limb Erysipelas

Thromb Haemost 2002; 88(05): 880
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1613322

Letters to the Editor

Schattauer GmbH

Authors

Lucia Mazzolai

¹Division of Hypertension and Vascular Medicine, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland
Erik Haesler

¹Division of Hypertension and Vascular Medicine, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland
Ilaria Milesi

¹Division of Hypertension and Vascular Medicine, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland
Daniel Hayoz

¹Division of Hypertension and Vascular Medicine, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland

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