Do rates of arthritis and chorea predict the incidence of acute rheumatic fever?

Pediatrics International

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 742-746

  Tunks, Robert D ^a   Rojas, Mario A ^a   Edwards, Kathryn M ^a   Liske, Michael R ^a  

^a MONROE CARELL JR CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT VANDERBILT   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; arthralgia; arthritis; chorea; rheumatic fever

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CARDITIS; CHILD; CHOREA; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MONARTHRITIS; POLYARTHRITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC FEVER; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; ARTHRITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOREA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RHEUMATIC FEVER; TENNESSEE;

EID: 80053537627     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2011.03352.x     Document Type: Article

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