Acute rheumatic fever or post-streptococcal reactive arthritis: A clinical problem revisited

British Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 335-340

  Jansen, T L Th A ^b   Janssen, M ^b   Van Riel, P L C M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RIJNSTATE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute rheumatic fever (ARF); Post streptococcal reactive arthritis (PSRA)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTIVE ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATIC FEVER; STREPTOCOCCUS; ACUTE DISEASE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTHRITIS, REACTIVE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RHEUMATIC FEVER; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0031877503     PISSN: 02637103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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