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...
| Published in: | Archives of Disease in Childhood Vol. 85; no. 3; pp. 223 - 228 |
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| Main Authors: | , , , |
| Format: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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BMJ Publishing Group
Sep2001
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| Online Access: | View this record in EBSCOhost |