Imaging findings in acute invasive pulmonary aspergillosis: clinical significance of the halo sign.

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Published in Clin Infect Dis on December 29, 2006

Authors

Reginald E Greene1, Haran T Schlamm, Jörg-W Oestmann, Paul Stark, Christine Durand, Olivier Lortholary, John R Wingard, Raoul Herbrecht, Patricia Ribaud, Thomas F Patterson, Peter F Troke, David W Denning, John E Bennett, Ben E de Pauw, Robert H Rubin

Author Affiliations

1: Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA. greene.reginald@mgh.harvard.edu

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