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SUBMITTER: Khatami F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7769992 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Khatami Fatemeh F Saatchi Mohammad M Zadeh Seyed Saeed Tamehri SST Aghamir Zahra Sadat ZS Shabestari Alireza Namazi AN Reis Leonardo Oliveira LO Aghamir Seyed Mohammad Kazem SMK
Scientific reports 20201228 1
Nowadays there is an ongoing acute respiratory outbreak caused by the novel highly contagious coronavirus (COVID-19). The diagnostic protocol is based on quantitative reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and chests CT scan, with uncertain accuracy. This meta-analysis study determines the diagnostic value of an initial chest CT scan in patients with COVID-19 infection in comparison with RT-PCR. Three main databases; PubMed (MEDLINE), Scopus, and EMBASE were systematically sear ...[more]