Utility of chest x-ray like approach to etiology of community acquired pneumonia in children;Utilidad de la radiografía de tórax en niños como aproximación a la etiología de neumonía adquirida en la comunidad

Revista Chilena de Infectologia

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-21

  Zenteno, A Daniel ^a,b   Giraradi, B Guido ^a,b   Fuentes, O Luis ^a,b   Pérez, H M Angélica ^a,b   González, V Ramiro ^a,b   Abara, E Selim ^a,b   Díaz, G J Pablo ^a   Kogan, A Ricardo ^a,b   Maggiolo, M Julio ^a   Parietti, B Mónica ^a   Pavón, T Dolores ^a   Rubilar, O Lilian ^a  

^a Pediatra Reumatólogo Unidad Inmuno Reumatología Hospital Dr Exequiel González Cortés   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chest X ray; Children; Community acquired pneumonia; Etiology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; STANDARD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 41149133856     PISSN: 07161018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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