A study of infectious endocarditis in Ribeirão Preto, SP - Brazil. Analysis of cases occurring between 1992 and 1997

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 225-231

  Ruiz Jr , Everaldo ^b   Schirmbeck, Tarciso ^b   Figueiredo, Luiz Tadeu Moraes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bacterial endocarditis; Endocarditis in brazil; Infectious endocarditis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; BRAZIL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0034149989     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0066-782x2000000300004     Document Type: Article

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