Acute rheumatic fever in adults: A resurgence in the Hasidic Jewish community

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 337-340

  Feuer, Jacqueline ^a,b   Spiera, Harry ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

acute rheumatic fever; Hasidic Jews; incidence

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PENICILLIN G; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JEW; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC FEVER;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JEWS; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; NEW YORK; PHARYNGITIS; PHARYNX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATIC FEVER; STEROIDS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0031048196     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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