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Rheumatic heart disease in Africa: is there a role for genetic studies?
Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) constitutes a leading cause of premature death and incapacity in Africa, where it is encountered in younger people, and shows a much faster and more malignant course than that seen in Europe or North America. While it is well established that RHD is a consequence of rec...
Autor principal: | Mocumbi, Ana Olga |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Clinics Cardive Publishing
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4569864/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25962944 http://dx.doi.org/10.5830/CVJA-2015-037 |
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