New Zealand guidelines for the diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever: Small increase in the incidence of definite cases compared to the American Heart Association Jones criteria

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 126, Issue 1379, 2013, Pages

  Wilson, Nigel J ^a   Voss, Lesley ^a   Morreau, Johan ^b   Stewart, Joanna ^c   Lennon, Diana ^c  

^a STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b Rotorua Hospital   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZATHINE PENICILLIN;

AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION JONES CRITERIA; ARTICLE; CARDITIS; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KNEE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MONARTHRITIS; NEW ZEALAND; POLYARTHRITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; UNITED STATES; METHODOLOGY;

AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION; CHILD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NEW ZEALAND; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATIC FEVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84881079975     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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