Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in the Top End of Australia's Northern Territory
- 1 February 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AMPCo in The Medical Journal of Australia
- Vol. 164 (3) , 146-149
- https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1996.tb122012.x
Abstract
Objective To describe the epidemiological and clinical features of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in the Top End of the Northern Territory. Methods A retrospective review (in so...Keywords
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