Can echocardiography be used for screening of rheumatic heart disease?

Indian Journal of Community Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-

  Pandve, Harshal ^a   Bhawalkar, J ^a   Banerjee, Amitav ^a   Bhuyar, Pankaja ^a  

^a HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

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EID: 60749135556     PISSN: 09700218     EISSN: 19983581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-0218.45386     Document Type: Letter

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