High-resolution computed tomography for the diagnosis of community- acquired pneumonia

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 358-363

  Syrjälä, Hannu ^a   Broas, Markka ^a   Suramo, Ilkka ^a   Ojala, Airi ^a   Lähde, Seppo ^a  

^a OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031902211     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514675     Document Type: Article

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