Rheumatic fever: The relationship between clinical manifestations and laboratory tests

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 97-100

  Roodpeyma, Shahla ^a   Kamali, Z ^a   Zare, R ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antistreptolysin O titre; Clinical manifestations; Erythrocyte sedimentation rate; Rheumatic fever; Severity of disease

Indexed keywords

ANTISTREPTOLYSIN;

ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CARDITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC FEVER;

ADULT; ANTISTREPTOLYSIN; ARTHRITIS; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; CHILD; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MYOCARDITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATIC FEVER; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 16444382383     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2005.00557.x     Document Type: Article

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