Rheumatic Heart Disease
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Rheumatic Heart Disease Trusted Sites
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Rheumatic Heart Disease / Rheumatic Fever at the American Heart Association
Rheumatic Heart Disease at the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford
Rheumatic Heart Disease at the University of California, San Francisco
Rheumatic Heart Disease at the University of Virginia Health System
Rheumatic Heart Disease clinical trials at the NIH
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Last Updated: Oct 21, 2008
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Rheumatic Heart Disease References:
Carapetis JR, McDonald M, Wilson NJ. Acute rheumatic fever. Lancet. 2005 Jul 9-15;366(9480):155-68.
De Rosa G, Pardeo M, Stabile A, Rigante D. Rheumatic heart disease in children: from clinical assessment to therapeutical management. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci. 2006 May-Jun;10(3):107-10.
Guilherme L, Ramasawmy R, Kalil J. Rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease: genetics and pathogenesis. Scand J Immunol. 2007 Aug-Sep;66(2-3):199-207.
