Cardiac involvement in Sydenham's chorea: Clinical and Doppler echocardiographic findings

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1074-1077

  Elevli, M ^a   Celebi A ^b   Tombul, T ^c   Gökalp, A Sevim ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Colour Doppler echocardiography; Silent mitral regurgitation; Sydenham's chorea

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; AUSCULTATION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CARDITIS; CHILD; CHOREA MINOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; CHILD; CHOREA; COMORBIDITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART AUSCULTATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MYOCARDITIS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032858090     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08035259950168117     Document Type: Article

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