Rheumatic heart disease in Ethiopia: Could it be more malignant?

Ethiopian Medical Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-8

  Oli, Kebede ^a   Asmera, Jilalu ^b  

^a TIKUR ANBESSA HOSPITAL   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 20644456484     PISSN: 00141755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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