Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in the Top End of Australia's Northern Territory

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 146-149

  Carapetis, Jonathan R ^a   Wolff, Don R ^a,b   Currie, Bart J ^a,c,d  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Head of Menzies Clinical Unit

^d ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZATHINE PENICILLIN;

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHOREA MINOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030045977     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1996.tb122012.x     Document Type: Article

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