The challenge of acute rheumatic fever diagnosis in a high-incidence population: A prospective study and proposed guidelines for diagnosis in Australia's Northern Territory

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 113-118

  Ralph, Anna ^a,d   Jacups, Susan ^b   McGough, Kay ^c   McDonald, Malcolm ^b   Currie, Bart J ^b  

^a ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c NORTHERN TERRITORY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

^d ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal Australian; Acute rheumatic fever; Echocardiography; Jones criteria; Rheumatic heart disease

Indexed keywords

BENZATHINE PENICILLIN;

ABORIGINE; ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANAMNESIS; AUSTRALIA; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

EID: 33646156375     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2005.08.006     Document Type: Article

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