Lesson of the week Difficulties in diagnosing acute rheumatic fever—arthritis may be short lived and carditis silent

BMJ

Volumn 320, Issue 7231, 2000, Pages 362-365

  Williamson, Lyn ^a   Östman Smith, Ingegerd ^b   Mowat, Alastair ^a  

^a NUFFIELD ORTHOPAEDIC CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; IBUPROFEN; PENICILLIN G; PREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CARDITIS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC FEVER; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART MURMUR; INCIDENCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART MURMURS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034606817     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.362     Document Type: Article

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