Rheumatic Fever in Children Younger Than 5 Years: Is the Presentation Different?

Pediatrics

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1065-1068

  Tani, Lloyd Y ^a   Veasy, L George ^b   Minich, L LuAnn ^b   Shaddy, Robert E ^b  

^a PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Rheumatic fever

Indexed keywords

ARTHRITIS; CARDIOMEGALY; CARDITIS; CHILD; CHOREA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC FEVER; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOREA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE;

EID: 0242300667     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.112.5.1065     Document Type: Review

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