Rheumatic heart disease in children: From clinical assessment to therapeutical management

European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 107-110

  De Rosa, G ^a   Pardeo, M ^a   Stabile, A ^a   Rigante, D ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Pediatrics; Rheumatic heart disease

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; DIGOXIN; DIURETIC AGENT; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PREDNISONE; SALICYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; STEROID; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CARDITIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE CONTROL; ENDOCARDITIS; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MYOCARDITIS; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN ALLERGY; PERICARDITIS; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; STREPTOCOCCUS; TISSUE INJURY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; CEPHALOSPORINS; CHILD; DIGOXIN; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MYOCARDITIS; PENICILLIN G; PERICARDITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREDNISONE; RECURRENCE; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SALICYLATES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33746404212     PISSN: 11283602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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