European Journal of Radiology
Volume 53, Issue 3 , Pages 489-494 , March 2005

Pulmonary infections in the late period after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation: chest radiography versus computed tomography

  • Gerd Schueller

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University Hospital Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20/7F, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +43 1 40400 4891; fax: +43 1 40400 4897.
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  • Wolfgang Matzek

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University Hospital Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20/7F, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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  • Peter Kalhs

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Vienna Medical School, Austria
    • ,
  • Cornelia Schaefer-Prokop

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University Hospital Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20/7F, A-1090 Vienna, Austria

Received 27 February 2004 ,Revised 18 June 2004 ,Accepted 23 June 2004.

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PII: S0720-048X(04)00230-X

doi: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2004.06.009

European Journal of Radiology
Volume 53, Issue 3 , Pages 489-494 , March 2005

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