Ultrasound diagnosis of pneumonia in children;Diagnosi ecografica di polmonite nell'età pediatrica

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 190-198

  Copetti, R ^a,b   Cattarossi, L ^a  

^a MS Centre   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chest radiography; Lung consolidation; Lung sonography; Pneumonia; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PNEUMONIA; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELIABILITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 43449097837     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11547-008-0247-8     Document Type: Article

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