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- Title
Incidence and clinical profile of acute rheumatic fever in Greece.
- Authors
Kafetzis, D.; Chantzi, F.-M.; Grigoriadou, G.; Vougiouka, O.; Liapi, G.
- Abstract
Studies the incidence and clinical profile of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) in Greece. Low incidence of ARF in the area of Athens, Greece; Association of the disease with overcrowding; Indication that it occur more frequently in urban populations and economically deprived minority groups with poor living conditions; Routine use of echocardiography in developed countries where incidence of ARF is very low and possibility of misdiagnosis exists.
- Subjects
ATHENS (Greece); GREECE; RHEUMATIC fever; RHEUMATISM; DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; STREPTOCOCCAL diseases; COLLAGEN diseases; BACTERIAL diseases
- Publication
European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 2005, Vol 24, Issue 1, p68
- ISSN
0934-9723
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10096-004-1274-6