Clinical Imaging
Volume 35, Issue 3 , Pages 180-183 , May 2011

Lung CT findings of angiostrongyliasis cantonensis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis

  • Yun Cui

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Radiology, Beijing Yangfangdian Hospital, 1 Shuangbeizifen Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100038, China.
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  • Ming Shen
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  • Shujing Meng

Received 1 November 2009 ,Accepted 1 April 2010.

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PII: S0899-7071(10)00105-1

doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2010.05.004

Clinical Imaging
Volume 35, Issue 3 , Pages 180-183 , May 2011

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