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D-dimer test

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D-dimer test,
a simple and confirmatory test for disseminated intravascular coagulation that can also indicate when a clot is lysed by thrombolytic therapy. The fragment D-dimer assesses both thrombin and plasmin activity.

d-dimer test
Lab medicine A test that detects FDPs using latex beads coated with monoclonal antibodies to the d-dimer of fibrinogen. See Deep vein thrombosis, Fibrin split products.


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Bick continued: "Other achievements in 1998 included the development of Biopool's new Auto-Dimer(tm) and MiniQuant(tm) D-dimer test kits.
A An article discussing the D-dimer test in the diagnosis of venous thrombosis was recently published, and the reader is encouraged to study this review in order to maximize the usefulness of this test in the local laboratory.
Evaluation of a new, rapid, and quantitative D-dimer test in patients with suspected pulmonary embolism.
 
 
 
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