Rheumatic carditis: A reappraisal

Indian Heart Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 252-255

  Juneja, R ^a   Tandon, R ^a  

^a SITARAM BHARTIA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ANTISTREPTOLYSIN; CREATINE KINASE MB; DESMIN; HEART ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MYOGLOBIN; MYOSIN; TROPONIN I; VIMENTIN;

CARDITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MYOCARDITIS; PERICARDITIS; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC FEVER; VIRULENCE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS; HUMANS; MYOCARDITIS; PERICARDITIS; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE;

EID: 6044259986     PISSN: 00194832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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