Assessing the Value of Diagnostic Tests in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic

Francesco Sardanelli^{1

2}, Giovanni Di Leo¹

Affiliations

¹ Unit of Radiology, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Italy.
² Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Morandi 30, 20097 San Donato Milanese, Milan, Italy.

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Francesco Sardanelli et al. Radiology. 2020 Sep.

. 2020 Sep;296(3):E193-E194.

doi: 10.1148/radiol.2020201845. Epub 2020 May 14.

Francesco Sardanelli^{1

2}, Giovanni Di Leo¹

¹ Unit of Radiology, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Italy.
² Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Morandi 30, 20097 San Donato Milanese, Milan, Italy.

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