Jones criteria and underdiagnosis of rheumatic fever

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 117-121

  Pereira, Breno A F ^a,b   Da Silva, Nílzio Antonio ^a   Andrade, Luís E C ^a   Lima, Flávio S ^a   Gurian, Fernanda C ^a   De Almeida Netto, Joaquim Caetano ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Diagnostic errors; Pediatrics; Rheumatic fever; Rheumatology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; AUTHOR; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHILD; CHOREA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOCUMENTATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VALVE; HUMAN; JOINT; JONES CRITERIA; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; ACUTE DISEASE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEVER; HEART MURMUR; HOSPITALIZATION; INCIDENCE; INDIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTHRALGIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; FEVER; HEART MURMURS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALE; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 33947722259     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-007-0001-6     Document Type: Article

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