Clinical Usefulness of D-dimer Test with Semiquantitative Latex Agglutination Method in Pulmonary Embolism |
Kim, Dong Kyun
(Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University)
Chun, Kang Il (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University) Kim, Yang-Ki (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University) Lee, Young-Mok (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University) Kim, Ki Up (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University) Uh, Soo-taek (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University) Kim, Yong Hoon (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University) Park, Choon Sik (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University) Park, No Jin (Department of Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University) Choi, Tae Youn (Department of Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University) |
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