Lesson of the Week: Difficulties in Diagnosing Acute Rheumatic Fever-arthritis May Be Short Lived and Carditis Silent

Overview

Journal BMJ

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2000 Feb 5

PMID 10657336

Citations 5

Authors

L Williamson

P Bowness

A Mowat

I Ostman-Smith

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