Rheumatic heart disease in school children in Brazzaville;Les Cardiopathies rhumatismales en milieu scolaire à Brazzaville

Medecine Tropicale

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 603-605

  Kimbally Kaky, G ^a   Gombet, T ^b   Voumbo, Y ^c   Ikama Meo S ^a   Elenga Mbola, B ^b   Mbika Cardorelle, A ^b   Dilou, L ^a   Ekoba, J ^a   Nkoua, J L ^a   Moyen, G ^b   Bouramoue C ^a  

^a Service de Cardiologie et Médecine Interne   (Congo)

^b Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de Brazzaville   (Congo)

^c UNIVERSITÉ MARIEN NGOUABI   (Congo)

Author keywords

Brazzaville; Congo; Prevalence; Prophylaxis; Rheumatic heart disease

Indexed keywords

BENZATHINE PENICILLIN;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUSCULTATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONGO; CROWDING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CONGO; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CROWDING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PHARYNGITIS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SOCIAL CLASS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 61349084250     PISSN: 0025682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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