Prognostic Significance of Plasma D-Dimer Levels in Patients with Lung Cancer

Year 2010, Volume: 7 Issue: 2, 155 - 160, 01.06.2010

Ahmet Ursavaş Mehmet Karadag Esra Uzaslan Selma Yesılkaya Funda Coskun Ercument Ege

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Prognostic Significance of Plasma D-Dimer Levels in Patients with Lung Cancer

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