Pattern of Rheumatic Heart Disease in Adults in Maiduguri — North East Nigeria

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 67-69

  Onwuchekwa, A C ^a   Ugwu, E C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NIGERIA; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE;

EID: 0029956249     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004947559602600208     Document Type: Article

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