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CT Scanning in Suspected Stroke or Head Trauma: Is it Worth Going the Extra Mile and Including the Chest to Screen for COVID-19 Infection?
R.M. Kwee, J. Krdzalic, B.A.C.M. Fasen, T.M.H. de Jaegere and for the COVID-19 CT Investigators South-East Netherlands (CISEN) Study Group
American Journal of Neuroradiology July 2020, 41 (7) 1165-1169; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A6607
R.M. Kwee
aFrom the Department of Radiology (R.M.K., J.K., B.A.C.M.F., T.M.H.d.J.), Zuyderland Medical Center, Heerlen/Sittard/Geleen, the Netherlands.
J. Krdzalic
aFrom the Department of Radiology (R.M.K., J.K., B.A.C.M.F., T.M.H.d.J.), Zuyderland Medical Center, Heerlen/Sittard/Geleen, the Netherlands.
B.A.C.M. Fasen
aFrom the Department of Radiology (R.M.K., J.K., B.A.C.M.F., T.M.H.d.J.), Zuyderland Medical Center, Heerlen/Sittard/Geleen, the Netherlands.
T.M.H. de Jaegere
aFrom the Department of Radiology (R.M.K., J.K., B.A.C.M.F., T.M.H.d.J.), Zuyderland Medical Center, Heerlen/Sittard/Geleen, the Netherlands.
aFrom the Department of Radiology (R.M.K., J.K., B.A.C.M.F., T.M.H.d.J.), Zuyderland Medical Center, Heerlen/Sittard/Geleen, the Netherlands.

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CT Scanning in Suspected Stroke or Head Trauma: Is it Worth Going the Extra Mile and Including the Chest to Screen for COVID-19 Infection?
R.M. Kwee, J. Krdzalic, B.A.C.M. Fasen, T.M.H. de Jaegere, for the COVID-19 CT Investigators South-East Netherlands (CISEN) Study Group
American Journal of Neuroradiology Jul 2020, 41 (7) 1165-1169; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A6607
CT Scanning in Suspected Stroke or Head Trauma: Is it Worth Going the Extra Mile and Including the Chest to Screen for COVID-19 Infection?
R.M. Kwee, J. Krdzalic, B.A.C.M. Fasen, T.M.H. de Jaegere, for the COVID-19 CT Investigators South-East Netherlands (CISEN) Study Group
American Journal of Neuroradiology Jul 2020, 41 (7) 1165-1169; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A6607
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