Weil disease: Importance of imaging findings for early diagnosis

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 609-612

  Henk, Christine B ^a   Kramer, Ludwig ^a   Schoder, Maria ^a   Bankier, Alexander A ^a   Ratheiser, Klaus ^a   Mostbeck, Gerhard H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Leptospirosis; Vasculitis; Weil disease

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; PATIENT TREATMENT;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRITICALLY-ILL PATIENTS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; VASCULITIS; WEIL DISEASE;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0030054871     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-199607000-00020     Document Type: Article

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