The yield of CT of children who have complicated pneumonia and noncontributory chest radiography

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 170, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1627-1631

  Donnelly, Lane F ^a   Kiosterman, Lance A ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA; BRONCHUS OBSTRUCTION; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG ABSCESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031864353     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.170.6.9609186     Document Type: Article

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