Resurgence of Acute Rheumatic Fever in the Intermountain Area of the United States

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 316, Issue 8, 1987, Pages 421-427

  Veasy, L George ^a,b   Wiedmeier, Susan E ^a,b   Orsmond, Garth S ^a,b   Ruttenberg, Herbert D ^a,b   Boucek, Mark M ^a,b   Roth, Stephen J ^a,b   Tait, Vera F ^a,b   Thompson, Joel A ^a,b   Daly, Judy A ^a,b   Kaplan, Edward L ^a,b   Hill, Harry R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; JOINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC FEVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0023096263     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198702193160801     Document Type: Article

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