Rheumatic fever in a high incidence population: the importance of monoarthritis and low grade fever.

Aims: To describe the clinical features of rheumatic fever and to assess the Jones criteria in a population and setting similar to that in many developing countries.Methods: The charts of 555 cases of confirmed acute rheumatic fever in 367 patients (97% Aboriginal) and more than 200 possible rheumat...

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Published in:Archives of Disease in Childhood Vol. 85; no. 3; pp. 223 - 228
Main Authors: Carapetis JR, Currie BJ, Carapetis, J R, Currie, B J
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: BMJ Publishing Group Sep2001
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