Re: Ventilation-Perfusion Scans During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Outbreak.

J Am Coll Radiol

Keck School of Medicine, University of Sothern California (USC), 1500 San Pablo Street, Los Angeles, CA 90033. Electronic address:

Published: June 2020

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