Long term follow-up results of 139 Turkish children and adolescents with rheumatic heart disease

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 167, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1321-1326

  Yavuz, Taner ^a   Nisli, Kemal ^b   Oner, Naci ^c   Dindar, Aygun ^b   Aydogan, Umrah ^b   Omeroglu, Rukiye Eker ^b   Ertugrul, Turkan ^b  

^a DUZCE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aortic regurgitation; Mitral regurgitation; Predictor; Rheumatic fever; Rheumatic heart disease

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE; SALICYLIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDITIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; TURKEY;

EID: 51849116288     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-008-0799-6     Document Type: Article

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