Active surveillance for rheumatic heart disease in endemic regions: A systematic review and meta-analysis of prevalence among children and adolescents

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2014, Pages e717-e726

  Rothenbühler, Martina ^a   O'Sullivan, Crochan J ^b   Stortecky, Stefan ^b   Stefanini, Giulio G ^b   Spitzer, Ernest ^b   Estill, Janne ^a   Shrestha, Nikesh R ^c   Keiser, Olivia ^a   Jüni, Peter ^a   Pilgrim, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c B P KOIRALA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; DATA BASE; DATA EXTRACTION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART AUSCULTATION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PREVALENCE; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; AGE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; INCIDENCE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; PREVALENCE; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84918821700     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(14)70310-9     Document Type: Article

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