Rheumatic fever: A disease still to be kept in mind

Rheumatology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 953-

  Breda, Luciana ^a   Miulli, Eleonora ^a   Marzetti, Valentina ^a   Chiarelli, Francesco ^a   Marcovecchio, M Loredana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CARDITIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION; ITALY; LETTER; LOW RISK POPULATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SEROTYPE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84876707668     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ket016     Document Type: Letter

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