Prevalence and pattern of rheumatic heart disease in the Nigerian savannah: an echocardiographic study

BACKGROUND: Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) remains a major public health problem in developing countries. Whereas Africa has 10% of the world’s population, as many as half of the 2.4 million children affected by RHD globally live on the continent. RHD accounts for a major proportion of all cardiovasc...

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Autores principales: Sani, Mahmoud U, Karaye, Kamilu M., Borodo, Musa M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Clinics Cardive Publishing 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3975544/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17957324