Prevalence of Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease in School Children of Kathmandu City

Indian Heart Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 518-520

  Regmi, Prakash Raj ^a   Pandey, Mrigendra Raj ^a,b  

^a Mrigendra Samjhana Medical Trust   (Nepal)

^b BIR HOSPITAL   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEPAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SCHOOL; SEX RATIO; URBAN POPULATION; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; NEPAL; PREVALENCE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SCHOOLS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0031219067     PISSN: 00194832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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