Incidence and diagnosis of infectious endocarditis in Frederiksborg County, 1990-2000;Forekomst og diagnostik af infektioøs endokardit i Frederiksborg Amt 1990-2000

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 166, Issue 25, 2004, Pages 2446-2450

  Foghsgaard, Jakob ^a,b   Pedersen, Sune Ammentorp ^b   Launbjerg, Jeppe ^b  

^a Medicinsk Afdeling B ^*  (Denmark)

^b Medicinsk Afdeling B   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT CODING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENMARK; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 3042720185     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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