Epidemiologic profiles of subclinical rheumatic heart disease in children
Background Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) causes premature deaths every year worldwide. Low socioeconomic level is considered to be a risk factor facilitating the transmission of airway infections due to Streptococcus pyogenes. Subclinical RHD is a stage of RHD in which heart valve abnormalities have...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Indonesian Pediatric Society Publishing House
2020-11-01
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Series: | Paediatrica Indonesiana |
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Online Access: | https://paediatricaindonesiana.org/index.php/paediatrica-indonesiana/article/view/2422 |