Rheumatic fever in children: A 15-year experience in a developing country

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 119-122

  Bitar, F F ^a   Hayek, P ^a   Obeid, M ^a   Gharzeddine, W ^a   Mikati, M ^a   Dbaibo, G S ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Children; Developing country; Rheumatic fever

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CARDITIS; CHILD; CHOREA MINOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RISK FACTOR; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE;

EID: 0034097327     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002469910017     Document Type: Article

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