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Adherence to secondary prophylaxis and disease recurrence in 536 Brazilian children with rheumatic fever

BACKGROUND: More than 15 million people worldwide have rheumatic fever (RF) and rheumatic heart disease due to RF. Secondary prophylaxis is a critical cost-effective intervention for preventing morbidity and mortality related to RF. Ensuring adequate adherence to secondary prophylaxis for RF is a ch...

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Autores principales: Pelajo, Christina F, Lopez-Benitez, Jorge M, Torres, Juliana M, de Oliveira, Sheila KF
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2916898/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20659324
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1546-0096-8-22