Chapter-02 Rheumatic Heart Disease—An Epidemiological Mystery
BOOK TITLE: Percutaneous Mitral Valvotomy
Author
1. Soman Biju
ISBN
9789350255612
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/11497_2
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2012
Pages
6
Author Affiliations
1.
Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India,
Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies, SCTIMST, Thiruvananthapuram, India
Chapter keywords
Rheumatic heart disease,
epidemiological mystery,
acute rheumatic fever,
beta hemolytic streptococci,
streptococcal infection,
acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis,
rheumatogenicity,
polyarthritis,
chorea,
erythema marginatum,
erythrocyte sedimentation rate,
centor criteria,
subcutaneous nodules