A subtle presentation of acute rheumatic fever in remote northern Australia

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 241-242

  Bishop, W ^a   Currie, B ^a   Carapetis, J ^a   Kilburn, C ^a  

^a ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; ENDOGENOUS COMPOUND;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AUSTRALIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART BLOCK; HUMAN; MALE; PROPHYLAXIS; RHEUMATIC FEVER;

EID: 0030013580     PISSN: 00048291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1996.tb00898.x     Document Type: Article

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