Severe acute respiratory syndrome: Radiographic appearances and pattern of progression in 138 patients

Radiology

Volumn 228, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 401-406

  Wong, K T ^a   Antonio, Gregory E ^a   Hui, David S C ^a   Lee, Nelson ^a   Yuen, Edmund H Y ^a   Wu, Alan ^a   Leung, C B ^a   Rainer, T H ^a   Cameron, Peter ^a   Chung, Sydney S C ^a   Sung, Joseph J Y ^a   Ahuja, Anil T ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Acute interstitial; Lung; Pneumonia; Radiography; Severe acute respiratory syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG CAVITATION; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

EID: 0037727352     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2282030593     Document Type: Article

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