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RHEUMATIC FEVER IN lRANIAN CHILDREN: CLINICAL AND PREVENTIVE ASPECTS
A total of70 children aged 6 to 15 years with rheumatic fever and completed in-hospital data were reviewed from 19XX to 1993. In 5X.6% of patients this was the first attack of disease, while in 41.4'10 the episode represented a recurrence. Noncompliance of antimicrobial prophylaxis was noted in all of the subjects with recurrences. 61.4% of cases gave a previous history of sore throat, and ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 1973
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.49.574.539