Clinical and demographic characteristics of 99 episodes of rheumatic fever in acre, the Brazilian amazon;Características clínicas demográficas em 99 episódios de febre reumática no acre, amazônia Brasileira

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 111-114

  Borges, Fátima ^a,b   Barbosa, Maria Luiza A ^a   Borges, Renata Beyruth ^a   Pinheiro, Olívia C ^a   Cardoso, Carlos ^a   Bastos, Claudilson ^a   Aras, Roque ^a  

^a FUNDHACRE e UFB   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carditis; Chorea; Rheumatic fever

Indexed keywords

BENZATHINE PENICILLIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CARDITIS; CAUCASIAN; CHOREA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RECURRENT INFECTION; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 15244343472     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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