Echocardiographic patterns of juvenile rheumatic heart disease at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 514-519

  Yuko Jowi, C ^a   Bakari, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b KENYATTA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CORONARY CARE UNIT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; CARDIOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE;

EID: 33644962486     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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