Rebuttal to: The Usefulness of Compression Ultrasonography of the Lower Limbs in Patients with a Clinical Suspicion of Pulmonary Embolism

Sergio Siragusa; Camillo Porta; Francesco Falaschi; Stefano Pirrelli; Maria Antonietta Bressan

doi:10.1055/s-0037-1616119

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 2001; 86(02): 724-725
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1616119

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Rebuttal to: The Usefulness of Compression Ultrasonography of the Lower Limbs in Patients with a Clinical Suspicion of Pulmonary Embolism

Sergio Siragusa

¹Servizio Pronto Soccorso ed Accettazione and ¹Divisione di Chirurgia Vascolare, IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo, Pavia, Italy

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Camillo Porta

¹Servizio Pronto Soccorso ed Accettazione and ¹Divisione di Chirurgia Vascolare, IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo, Pavia, Italy

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Francesco Falaschi

¹Servizio Pronto Soccorso ed Accettazione and ¹Divisione di Chirurgia Vascolare, IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo, Pavia, Italy

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Stefano Pirrelli

¹Servizio Pronto Soccorso ed Accettazione and ¹Divisione di Chirurgia Vascolare, IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo, Pavia, Italy

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Maria Antonietta Bressan

¹Servizio Pronto Soccorso ed Accettazione and ¹Divisione di Chirurgia Vascolare, IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo, Pavia, Italy

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