Diagnostic value of chest CT in Iranian patients with suspected COVID-19

• Main Authors: Hanieh Salehi-Pourmehr (Author), Hojjat Pourfathi (Author), Mohammad Kazem Tarzamni (Author), Morteza Ghojazadeh (Author), Behrooz Naghili (Author), Armin Zarrintan (Author), Reza Mehdipour (Author), Sakineh Hajebrahimi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Babol University of Medical Sciences, 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: In the current COVID-19 pandemic, there is a rising need for a rapid and reliable diagnostic tool. We hypothesized that chest computed tomography (CT) can be a potential alternative for reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). The aim of this study was to compare the dia...