Search Strategy
A systematic search in PubMed, Medline, SCOPUS, Web of Science Core
Collection, EMBASE, and Google Scholar databases was carried out to find
the records from inception to 30 April 2023. Using the keywords
including RDW, red blood cell distribution width, DLBCL, diffuse large
B-cell lymphoma, lymphoma diffuse, large B-cell, fibrin fragment D,
D-dimer, D-dimer fibrin, and D-dimer fragments, two researchers (KR and
RS) searched in the mentioned databases separately and blindly.
Inconsistencies in some articles were also solved by other researchers
(NAN, MR, MF and NK). Finally, duplicates were identified by title of
the papers, authors’ names, and journals’ names.