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Limited value of the D-dimer based YEARS algorithm to rule out pulmonary embolism in sickle cell disease and sickle
Aafke E Gaartman1,2, Anniek Strijdhorst1, Nick van Es3,4
1Department of Hematology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
British Journal of Haematology
|May 13, 2022
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