Application of computed tomography in childhood respiratory infections

British Medical Bulletin

Volumn 61, Issue , 2002, Pages 263-279

  Copley, S J ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BRONCHIOLITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INFANT; LUNG; MYCOSES; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RECURRENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 0036249554     PISSN: 00071420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bmb/61.1.263     Document Type: Review

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