High-resolution computed tomography findings in hantavirus pulmonary syndrome
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High-resolution computed tomography findings in hantavirus pulmonary syndrome
1. Assistant Professor of Radiology at the Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), Niterói, RJ, Radiologist and Medical Coordinator at Dimagem – Diagnóstico por Imagem, Nova Iguaçu, RJ, Brazil. E-mail: [email protected]. Despite the high incidence and lethality of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS), there is limited information in the literature about the high-resolution computed tomogra...
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عنوان ژورنال: Radiologia Brasileira
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0100-3984
DOI: 10.1590/0100-3984.2017.50.4e2