Recurrent rheumatic fever.

نویسندگان

N H Murray

J N Fordham

P G Davies

C G Barnes

چکیده

Although recurrent rheumatic fever in adults is uncommon and the recurrence rate declines with age and with the interval from the attack, we describe a patient who has had four attacks of rheumatic fever, two in childhood and two in adult life.

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