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Thromb Haemost 2000; 83(05): 788-789
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1613912
Letters to the Editor
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Is Clinical Probability Assessment of Deep Vein Thrombosis by a Score Really Standardized?

Alessandro Bigaroni
,
Arnaud Perrier
1   Medical Clinic, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
,
Henri Bounameaux
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Received 21 October 1999

Accepted after revision 16 December 1999

Publication Date:
08 December 2017 (online)

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