Rheumatic fever - How relevant in India today?

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 54, Issue SUPL., 2006, Pages 42-47

  Sainani, G S ^a,b,c   Sainani, Anjana R ^b  

^a GRANT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b JASLOK HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^c Armed Forces Medical Services   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INDIA; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC FEVER;

HUMANS; INDIA; RHEUMATIC FEVER;

EID: 33750602979     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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