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Case Reports
. 2020 Jun;80(6):671-693.
doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.02.008. Epub 2020 Feb 22.

Clinical features of atypical 2019 novel coronavirus pneumonia with an initially negative RT-PCR assay

Wendong Hao  1 , Manxiang Li  2
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Case Reports

Clinical features of atypical 2019 novel coronavirus pneumonia with an initially negative RT-PCR assay

Wendong Hao et al. J Infect. 2020 Jun.
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Fig. 1:
Fig. 1
Chest CT imaging of the patient (a, c) Chest CT scans obtained at admission show patchy high-density shadows on the dorsal segment of the right lower lobe (green boxes in a and c). (b, d) Image obtained 4 days after admission show large ground glass-like high-density shadows on the dorsal segment of the right lung, and patchy cloud-like high-density shadows and consolidation shadows on the left lung (red boxes in b and d).
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