Infectious endocarditis in children: Changing pattern in a developing country

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 201-206

  Sharma, Mukti ^a   Saxena, Anita ^a   Kothari, Shyam S ^a   Subash, C B ^a   Reddy, D M ^a   Venugopal, P ^a   Wasir, H S ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Infectious endocarditis; Rheumatic heart disaese

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001735091     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1047951100009471     Document Type: Article

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