Differentation of Post-Streptococcal Reactive Arthritis from Acute Rheumatic Fever

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 153, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 696-699

  Barash, Judith ^a   Mashiach, Eran ^a   Navon Elkan, Pnina ^b   Berkun, Yackov ^c   Harel, Liora ^d   Tauber, Tsivia ^d   Padeh, Shai ^c   Hashkes, Philip J ^e   Uziel, Yosef ^f  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTIVE ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATIC FEVER; SCHOOL CHILD; ACUTE DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ISRAEL; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PEDIATRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, REACTIVE; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PEDIATRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 55549097126     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.05.044     Document Type: Article

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