Chest X-Ray for Follow-Up of Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients in Settings with Limited Access to Computed Tomography

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Victor, Velasquez-Rimachi (Red de Eficacia Clinica y Sanitaria, REDECS) ;
Sandra S. Chavez-Malpartida (Facultad de Medicina Humana, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos) ;
Randy Velasquez-Fernandez (Facultad de Medicina Humana, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos) ;
Luis Campos-Ramirez (Department of Radiology, Aurelio Diaz Ufano Hospital)

The authors thank the midwife Elkie Johanna Henrica Renders for her support in verifying the English language.

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