Clinical characteristics and cardiac outcome of acute rheumatic fever in italy in the last 15 years

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 366-372

  Grassi, A ^a,d   Fesslova V ^c   Carnelli, V ^a   Boati, E ^a   Dell'Era, L ^a   Sauce, P ^b   Bardare, M ^a   Corona, F ^a  

^a Centre of Pediatric Rheumatology   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

child; Italy; pharyngitis.; Rheumatic fever; rheumatic heart disease; streptococcal infections

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; DIAZEPAM; HALOPERIDOL; NAPROXEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISONE; STEROID; TIAPRIDE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTHRITIS; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; CARDITIS; CHILD; CHOREA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SORE THROAT; STREPTOCOCCAL PHARYNGITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE; THROAT CULTURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 67249138390     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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