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Targeted Echocardiographic Screening for Latent Rheumatic Heart Disease in Northern Uganda: Evaluating Familial Risk Following Identification of an Index Case
BACKGROUND: Echocardiographic screening for detection of latent RHD has shown potential as a strategy to decrease the burden of disease. However, further research is needed to determine optimal implementation strategies. RHD results from a complex interplay between environment and host susceptibilit...
Autores principales: | Aliku, Twalib, Sable, Craig, Scheel, Amy, Tompsett, Alison, Lwabi, Peter, Okello, Emmy, McCarter, Robert, Summar, Marshall, Beaton, Andrea |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4905680/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27294545 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004727 |
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