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Heart Disease in Scarlet Fever
The association of scarlet fever and cardiac injury has been a subject of discussion for many years. There is wide diversity of opinion concerning the frequencv of the cardiac lesions and the role which scarlet fever plays in their etiology. McCollomtT found 254 instances of cardiac damage of various sorts in a series of IOOO cases. He noted endocarditis in 3 individuals and pericarditis in 5. ...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Lancet
سال: 1842
ISSN: 0140-6736
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(02)77190-0