The role of ultrasound in community-acquired pneumonia

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1043-1044

  Caiulo, V A ^a   Gargani, L ^b   Caiulo, S ^c   Fisicaro, A ^c   Moramarco, F ^d   Latini, G ^d   Picano, E ^b   Mele, G ^e  

^a Italian National School of Pediatric Ultrasound of Italian Federation of Pediatricians   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^c VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d PERRINO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e Italian Federation of Pediatricians   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; ULTRASOUND;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; PNEUMONIA;

EID: 84884162931     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: 10990496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.22787     Document Type: Letter

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