The Jones Criteria for the Diagnosis of Acute Rheumatic Fever: Updated but Not Abandoned
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Update on diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever: 2015 Jones criteria.
In the final Jones criteria, different diagnostic criteria were established for the diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever for low risk and moderate-high risk populations. Turkey was found to be compatible with moderate-high risk populations as a result of regional screenings performed in terms of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease. The changes in the diagnostic criteria for low-risk...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Pediatrics
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0022-3476
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.03.053