Rheumatic Fever Follow-Up Study (RhFFUS) protocol: A cohort study investigating the significance of minor echocardiographic abnormalities in Aboriginal Australian and Torres Strait Islander children

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Rémond, Marc Gerard Wootton ^a   Atkinson, David ^b,c   White, Andrew ^a   Hodder, Yvonne ^a   Brown, Alex D H ^d,f   Carapetis, Jonathan R ^e   Maguire, Graeme Paul ^a,f  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services Council   (Australia)

^d SOUTH AUSTRALIAN HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Acute rheumatic fever; Australia; Diagnosis; Echocardiography; Indigenous; Prevention; Rheumatic heart disease; Screening; Torres Strait Islander

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ETHNIC GROUP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL HISTORY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COHORT STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; RHEUMATIC FEVER;

EID: 84871925307     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2261-12-111     Document Type: Article

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