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Editorial
. 2022 Feb;302(2):470-472.
doi: 10.1148/radiol.2021212212. Epub 2021 Sep 14.

Disease Severity Scoring for COVID-19: A Welcome Semiquantitative Role for Chest Radiography

Brent P Little  1
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Editorial

Disease Severity Scoring for COVID-19: A Welcome Semiquantitative Role for Chest Radiography

Brent P Little. Radiology. 2022 Feb.

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Disclosures of Conflicts of Interest: B.P.L. Royalties from Elsevier.

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Dr Brent P. Little is a senior associate consultant radiologist in the Division of Cardiothoracic Imaging in the Department of Radiology at Mayo Clinic Florida. He has research interests in diffuse lung disease, infections (including COVID-19), and lung cancer screening, and has many interests in medical education.
Dr Brent P. Little is a senior associate consultant radiologist in the Division of Cardiothoracic Imaging in the Department of Radiology at Mayo Clinic Florida. He has research interests in diffuse lung disease, infections (including COVID-19), and lung cancer screening, and has many interests in medical education.
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