Emphysema is associated with thoracic vertebral bone attenuation on chest CT scan in HIV-infected individuals

Alycia Petraglia; Joseph K. Leader; Matthew Gingo; Meghan Fitzpatrick; John Ries; Cathy Kessinger; Lorrie Lucht; Danielle Camp; Alison Morris; Jessica Bon

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0176719

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Emphysema is associated with thoracic vertebral bone attenuation on chest CT scan in HIV-infected individuals

Alycia Petraglia,

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7082-8872

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Joseph K. Leader,

Affiliation Department of Radiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Matthew Gingo,

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Meghan Fitzpatrick,

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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John Ries,

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Cathy Kessinger,

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Lorrie Lucht,

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Danielle Camp,

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Alison Morris,

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Jessica Bon

* E-mail: bonjm@upmc.edu

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Emphysema is associated with thoracic vertebral bone attenuation on chest CT scan in HIV-infected individuals

Alycia Petraglia,
Joseph K. Leader,
Matthew Gingo,
Meghan Fitzpatrick,
John Ries,
Cathy Kessinger,
Lorrie Lucht,
Danielle Camp,
Alison Morris,
Jessica Bon

Published: April 27, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0176719

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