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Imaging trend and disease course in admitted COVID-19 patients

Khawaja B. Waheed, Jawad Naseer, Muhammad Z.Ul Hassan, Saulat Sarfraz, Zubair Ahmed, Muhammad S. Amin, Imran Ali, Tamer M. O. Shams, Jebasingh Muthaian and Zechariah J. Arulanantham
Saudi Medical Journal January 2021, 42 (1) 30-37; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.1.25642
Khawaja B. Waheed
From the Radiology Department (Waheed, Ul Hassan, Amin, Muthaian), from the Internal Medicine Department (Naseer, Ahmed), from the Intensive Care Unit (Ali), King Fahad Military Medical Complex; from the Department of Vice Deanship of Post-graduate Studies and Research (Arulanantham), Prince Sultan Military College of Health Science, Dhahran, from Radiology Department (Sarfraz), Sheikh Zaid Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan; and from the Radilology Department (Shams), International Medical Center, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Jawad Naseer
From the Radiology Department (Waheed, Ul Hassan, Amin, Muthaian), from the Internal Medicine Department (Naseer, Ahmed), from the Intensive Care Unit (Ali), King Fahad Military Medical Complex; from the Department of Vice Deanship of Post-graduate Studies and Research (Arulanantham), Prince Sultan Military College of Health Science, Dhahran, from Radiology Department (Sarfraz), Sheikh Zaid Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan; and from the Radilology Department (Shams), International Medical Center, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
MBBS, MRCP
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Muhammad Z.Ul Hassan
From the Radiology Department (Waheed, Ul Hassan, Amin, Muthaian), from the Internal Medicine Department (Naseer, Ahmed), from the Intensive Care Unit (Ali), King Fahad Military Medical Complex; from the Department of Vice Deanship of Post-graduate Studies and Research (Arulanantham), Prince Sultan Military College of Health Science, Dhahran, from Radiology Department (Sarfraz), Sheikh Zaid Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan; and from the Radilology Department (Shams), International Medical Center, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Saulat Sarfraz
From the Radiology Department (Waheed, Ul Hassan, Amin, Muthaian), from the Internal Medicine Department (Naseer, Ahmed), from the Intensive Care Unit (Ali), King Fahad Military Medical Complex; from the Department of Vice Deanship of Post-graduate Studies and Research (Arulanantham), Prince Sultan Military College of Health Science, Dhahran, from Radiology Department (Sarfraz), Sheikh Zaid Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan; and from the Radilology Department (Shams), International Medical Center, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Zubair Ahmed
From the Radiology Department (Waheed, Ul Hassan, Amin, Muthaian), from the Internal Medicine Department (Naseer, Ahmed), from the Intensive Care Unit (Ali), King Fahad Military Medical Complex; from the Department of Vice Deanship of Post-graduate Studies and Research (Arulanantham), Prince Sultan Military College of Health Science, Dhahran, from Radiology Department (Sarfraz), Sheikh Zaid Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan; and from the Radilology Department (Shams), International Medical Center, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Muhammad S. Amin
From the Radiology Department (Waheed, Ul Hassan, Amin, Muthaian), from the Internal Medicine Department (Naseer, Ahmed), from the Intensive Care Unit (Ali), King Fahad Military Medical Complex; from the Department of Vice Deanship of Post-graduate Studies and Research (Arulanantham), Prince Sultan Military College of Health Science, Dhahran, from Radiology Department (Sarfraz), Sheikh Zaid Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan; and from the Radilology Department (Shams), International Medical Center, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Imran Ali
From the Radiology Department (Waheed, Ul Hassan, Amin, Muthaian), from the Internal Medicine Department (Naseer, Ahmed), from the Intensive Care Unit (Ali), King Fahad Military Medical Complex; from the Department of Vice Deanship of Post-graduate Studies and Research (Arulanantham), Prince Sultan Military College of Health Science, Dhahran, from Radiology Department (Sarfraz), Sheikh Zaid Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan; and from the Radilology Department (Shams), International Medical Center, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Tamer M. O. Shams
From the Radiology Department (Waheed, Ul Hassan, Amin, Muthaian), from the Internal Medicine Department (Naseer, Ahmed), from the Intensive Care Unit (Ali), King Fahad Military Medical Complex; from the Department of Vice Deanship of Post-graduate Studies and Research (Arulanantham), Prince Sultan Military College of Health Science, Dhahran, from Radiology Department (Sarfraz), Sheikh Zaid Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan; and from the Radilology Department (Shams), International Medical Center, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Jebasingh Muthaian
From the Radiology Department (Waheed, Ul Hassan, Amin, Muthaian), from the Internal Medicine Department (Naseer, Ahmed), from the Intensive Care Unit (Ali), King Fahad Military Medical Complex; from the Department of Vice Deanship of Post-graduate Studies and Research (Arulanantham), Prince Sultan Military College of Health Science, Dhahran, from Radiology Department (Sarfraz), Sheikh Zaid Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan; and from the Radilology Department (Shams), International Medical Center, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Zechariah J. Arulanantham
From the Radiology Department (Waheed, Ul Hassan, Amin, Muthaian), from the Internal Medicine Department (Naseer, Ahmed), from the Intensive Care Unit (Ali), King Fahad Military Medical Complex; from the Department of Vice Deanship of Post-graduate Studies and Research (Arulanantham), Prince Sultan Military College of Health Science, Dhahran, from Radiology Department (Sarfraz), Sheikh Zaid Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan; and from the Radilology Department (Shams), International Medical Center, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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