Induced subcutaneous nodules in the diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever

Indian Heart Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 767-768

  Tandon, R ^a,b  

^a SITARAM BHARTIA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ASEPSIS; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CHOREA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE ULCER; LEUKOCYTE AGGREGATION; PATHOGENESIS; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHORT SURVEY; SKIN ULCER; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE;

ACUTE DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIOVASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC NODULE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

EID: 33644693030     PISSN: 00194832     EISSN: 00194832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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