Does rheumatic fever occur usually between the ages of 5 and 15 years?

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-21

  Zaman, M Mostafa ^a   Rouf, Mian Abdur ^b   Haque, Sirajul ^b   Khan, Lutfar Rahman ^b   Chowdhury, Nazir Ahmed ^b   Razzaque, Shaikh Abdur ^b   Yoshiike, Nobuo ^c   Tanaka, Heizo ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b National Center for Control of Rheumatic Fever and Heart Diseases   (Bangladesh)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND NUTRITION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age distribution; Bangladesh; Developing country; Rheumatic fever

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC FEVER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE OF ONSET; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RECURRENCE; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE;

EID: 0032169288     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(98)00140-5     Document Type: Article

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