Control of Rheumatic Fever: How Are We Doing?

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 237, Issue 16, 1977, Pages 1720-

  Mortimer, Edward A ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVENTION; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; THERAPY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; PENICILLIN G, BENZATHINE; RECURRENCE; RHEUMATIC FEVER; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0017735522     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1977.03270430062023     Document Type: Article

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