Acute rheumatic fever without early carditis: An atypical clinical presentation

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 162, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 868-871

  Khriesat, Imad ^a   Najada, Abdul Hameed ^b  

^a King Hussein Medical Center Queen Alia Heart institute   (Jordan)

^b KING HUSSEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Clinical; Jordan; Rheumatic fever

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ARTHRITIS; CARDITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC FEVER; SACROILIITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTHRITIS; ARTHRITIS, REACTIVE; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATIC FEVER; SACROILIAC JOINT;

EID: 0348219026     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-003-1320-x     Document Type: Review

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