Clinical Performance of RT-PCR and Chest CT Scan for Covid-19 Diagnosis; A Systematic Review

Context: Due to their availability and rapid turnaround time, the supplemental role of chest computed tomography (CT) scan and real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) is growing for early diagnosis of patients with COVID-19. However, due to the low efficiency of viral nucleic acid detection as...

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Main Authors: Vahdat Poortahmasebi, Milad Zandi, Saber Soltani, Seyed Mohammad Jazayeri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2020-05-01
Series:Advanced Journal of Emergency Medicine
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Online Access:http://ajem.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ajem/article/view/459