Middle east respiratory syndrome coronavirus: What does a radiologist need to know?

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 206, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1193-1201

  Das, Karuna M ^a,b   Lee, Edward Y ^c   Langer, Ruth D ^a   Larsson, Sven G ^b  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b KING FAHAD MEDICAL CITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS); Chest radiography; CT; Middle East respiratory syndrome cornoavirus (MERS CoV); Pleural effusion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INCUBATION TIME; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RADIOLOGIST; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84999074920     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.15.15363     Document Type: Article

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