Acute rheumatic fever in Jordanian children

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 981-987

  Khriesat, I ^a   Najada, A ^b   Al Hakim, F ^a   Abu Haweleh, A ^a  

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

^b KING HUSSEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; ARTHRITIS; AWARENESS; CARDITIS; CHOREA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; JORDAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; PERICARDITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC FEVER; SCHOOL CHILD;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHOREA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; JORDAN; MALE; PERICARDITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATIC FEVER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 17144405649     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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