Early detection of pneumonia in febrile neutropenic patients: Use of thin-section CT

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 169, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1347-1353

  Heussel, Claus Peter ^a   Kauczor, Hans Ulrich ^a   Heussel, Gudula ^a   Fischer, Berthold ^a   Mildenberger, Peter ^a   Thelen, Manfred ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUTROPENIA; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030854376     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.169.5.9353456     Document Type: Article

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