Clinical score card for diagnosis of group A streptococcal sore throat

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 471-475

  Nandi, Sobhan ^a   Kumar, Rajesh ^a   Ray, Pallab ^b   Vohra, Harpreet ^a   Ganguly, Nirmal K ^c  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b Department of Medical Microbiology ^*  (India)

^c INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Pharyngitis; Rheumatic fever; Rheumatic heart disease; Streptococcus

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHARYNGITIS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; URBAN POPULATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; PHARYNGITIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0036597752     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02722644     Document Type: Article

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