How are samples collected for D-dimer testing?

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Reka G Szigeti, MD, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Eric B Staros, MD Associate Professor of Pathology, St Louis University School of Medicine; Director of Clinical Laboratories, Director of Cytopathology, Department of Pathology, St Louis University Hospital

Eric B Staros, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Medical Association, American Society for Clinical Pathology, Association for Molecular Pathology, College of American Pathologists

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.