The resurgence of rheumatic fever in a developed country area: The role of echocardiography

Rheumatology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 396-400

  Pastore, Serena ^a   de Cunto, Angela ^a   Benettoni, Alessandra ^b   Berton, Emanuela ^b   Taddio, Andrea ^a   Lepore, Loredana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH IRCCS BURLO GAROFOLO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chorea; Echocardiography; Rheumatic fever; Silent carditis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CARDITIS; CHILD; CHOREA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; POLYARTHRITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC FEVER; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOREA; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATIC FEVER;

EID: 78751697204     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keq290     Document Type: Article

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