Rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease: Clinical profile of 550 cases in India

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 382-387

  Ravisha, M S ^a   Tullu, Milind S ^a,b   Kamat, Jaishree R ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^b 'Sankalp Siddhi'   (India)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Carditis; Chorea; Color Doppler; Penicillin; Prophylaxis

Indexed keywords

BENZATHINE PENICILLIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CARDITIS; CHILD; CHOREA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ERYTHEMA; ERYTHEMA MARGINATUM; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; ONSET AGE; PROPHYLAXIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SEX RATIO; TEACHING HOSPITAL; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE; MYOCARDITIS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MYOCARDITIS; PENICILLIN G, BENZATHINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE;

EID: 1542394893     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0188-4409(03)00072-9     Document Type: Article

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