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Nature Reviews Neurology 2, 590–591 (1 November 2006) | doi:10.1038/ncpneuro0321

Can D-dimer levels identify patients at risk for early neurological deterioration in acute ischemic stroke?

Edward C Jauch & Daniel T Laskowitz

Barber M et al. (2006) D-dimer predicts early clinical progression in ischemic stroke: confirmation using routine clinical assays. Stroke 37: 1113–1115 Synopsis Background Measuring plasma levels of the fibrin degradation product D-dimer plays an important role in the diagnosis of thromboembolic disease.