Comparison of the von Reyn and Duke criteria for the diagnosis of infective endocarditis: A critical analysis of 161 episodes

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 399-406

  Olaison, Lars ^a,b   Hogevik, Harriet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGY;

EID: 0029796007     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365549609037927     Document Type: Article

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