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01-08-2020 | Computed Tomography | CE-Research Letter to the Editor

A COVID-19 patient with seven consecutive false-negative rRT-PCR results from sputum specimens

Authors: Cong-Ying Song, Da-Gan Yang, Yuan-Qiang Lu

Published in: Internal and Emergency Medicine | Issue 5/2020

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Dear Editor, …

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Title: A COVID-19 patient with seven consecutive false-negative rRT-PCR results from sputum specimens
Authors: Cong-Ying Song
Da-Gan Yang
Yuan-Qiang Lu
Publication date: 01-08-2020
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Keywords: Computed Tomography
Computed Tomography
Expectoration
SARS-CoV-2
COVID-19
Lung Ultrasound
Published in: Internal and Emergency Medicine / Issue 5/2020
Print ISSN: 1828-0447
Electronic ISSN: 1970-9366
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-020-02423-y

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