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Clinical, laboratory, and radiologic manifestation of SARS

Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a highly contagious and predominantly pneumonic illness caused by a novel coronavirus now commonly known as SARS-CoV. This article describes the key diagnostic clinical features, radiologic features, and investigation profiles of affected patients. We summ...

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Autores principales: Lai, Kar Neng, Tsang, Kenneth W., Seto, Wing Hong, Ooi, Clara G. C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Current Medicine Group 2004
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7088556/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15142485
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11908-004-0011-8
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description Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a highly contagious and predominantly pneumonic illness caused by a novel coronavirus now commonly known as SARS-CoV. This article describes the key diagnostic clinical features, radiologic features, and investigation profiles of affected patients. We summarize our understanding from anecdotal experience and limited published data on the use of antiviral and corticosteroid therapy in the management of this highly contagious disease.
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spelling pubmed-70885562020-03-23 Clinical, laboratory, and radiologic manifestation of SARS Lai, Kar Neng Tsang, Kenneth W. Seto, Wing Hong Ooi, Clara G. C. Curr Infect Dis Rep Article Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a highly contagious and predominantly pneumonic illness caused by a novel coronavirus now commonly known as SARS-CoV. This article describes the key diagnostic clinical features, radiologic features, and investigation profiles of affected patients. We summarize our understanding from anecdotal experience and limited published data on the use of antiviral and corticosteroid therapy in the management of this highly contagious disease. Current Medicine Group 2004 /pmc/articles/PMC7088556/ /pubmed/15142485 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11908-004-0011-8 Text en © Current Science Inc 2004 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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