Rheumatic Heart Disease in urban school children of Peshawar

JPMI - Journal of Postgraduate Medical Institute

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 337-340

  Gul, Adnan ^a   Hassan, Mahmood Ul ^a   Hafizullah, Mohammad ^a  

^a LADY READING HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Aortic regurgitation (AR); Aortic stenosis (AS); Mitral regurgitation (MR); Rheumatic fever (RF); Rheumatic heart disease (RHD); Trans position of great artries (TGA) pulmonic stenosis (PS)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PAKISTAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; URBAN POPULATION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; HEART MURMUR; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; MEDICAL HISTORY; SCREENING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SORE THROAT;

EID: 77956102894     PISSN: 10135472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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