Rheumatic Fever, Rheumatic Heart Disease, and the Streptococcal Connection: The Role of Streptococcal Antigens Cross-Reactive with Heart Tissue
Kaplan, Melvin H.;
reviews of infectious diseases1979Vol. 1pp. 988-996
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h.1979reviewsrheumatic
Abstract
Abstract. The role of streptococcal infections in initiating the diverse clinical and pathological manifestations of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease