Acute rheumatic fever in southern Saudi Arabia

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 279-281

  Abbag, F ^c   Benjamin, B ^d   Kardash, M M ^a   Barki, A Al ^b  

^a ASEER CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

HEALTH STATUS; MONITORING;

ADOLESCENT; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CARDITIS; CHILD; CHOREA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; MORTALITY; RHEUMATIC FEVER; SAUDI ARABIA; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; RECURRENCE; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SAUDI ARABIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRICUSPID VALVE INSUFFICIENCY;

SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0031770760     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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