Acute rheumatic fever diagnosis and management: Review of the global implications of the new revised diagnostic criteria with a focus on Saudi Arabia

Rheumatic fever (RF) is a common cause of acquired heart disease in children worldwide. It is a delayed, nonsuppurative, autoimmune phenomenon following pharyngitis, impetigo, or scarlet fever caused by group A β-hemolytic streptococcal (GAS) infection. RF diagnosis is clinical and based on revised...

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Autores principales: Alqanatish, Jubran, Alfadhel, Abdulmajeed, Albelali, Areej, Alqahtani, Dhafer
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6734099/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31516307
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsha.2019.07.002

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6734099/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31516307
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsha.2019.07.002

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