The use of pretest probability increases the value of high-resolution CT in diagnosing usual interstitial pneumonia.

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Published in Thorax on January 12, 2017

Authors

Robert Brownell1, Teng Moua2, Travis S Henry3, Brett M Elicker3, Darin White4, Eric Vittinghoff5, Kirk D Jones6, Anatoly Urisman6, Carlos Aravena7, Kerri A Johannson8, Jeffrey A Golden1, Talmadge E King1, Paul J Wolters1, Harold R Collard1, Brett Ley1

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
2: Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
3: Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
4: Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
5: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
6: Department of Pathology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
7: Respiratory Diseases Department, Pontifical Catholic University, Santiago, Chile.
8: Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.

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