Rheumatic heart disease in Egypt: Gloomy past and promising future

Egyptian Heart Journal

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 139-142

  Sorour, Khaled A ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Egypt; Prevalence; Rheumatic fever; Rheumatic heart disease

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CROWDING (AREA); DEATH; EGYPT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REGISTER; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 84901917432     PISSN: 11102608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehj.2013.12.083     Document Type: Article

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