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Rheumatic Heart Disease in Kerala: A Vanishing Entity? An Echo Doppler Study in 5–15-Years-Old School Children

Background. Early detection of subclinical rheumatic heart disease by use of echocardiography warrants timely implementation of secondary antibiotic prophylaxis and thereby prevents or retards its related complications. Objectives. The objective of this epidemiological study was to determine prevale...

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Autores principales: Nair, Bigesh, Viswanathan, Sunitha, Koshy, A. George, Gupta, Prabha Nini, Nair, Namita, Thakkar, Ashok
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4584222/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26451146
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/930790