Anticardiolipin antibodies in acute rheumatic fever and chronic rheumatic heart disease: Is their a significant association?

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 567-569

  Narin, N ^a   Kutukculer N ^b   Narin, F ^a   Keser, G ^b   Doganavsargil, E ^b  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

acute rheumatic fever; anticardiolipin antibodies; chronic rheumatic heart disease; streptococcal pharyngitis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; PENICILLIN G; PREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, ANTICARDIOLIPIN; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; PHARYNGITIS; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 0029832314     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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