| Literature DB >> 16105342 |
Jasimuddin Ahmed1, M Mostafa Zaman, M M Monzur Hassan.
Abstract
A community-based study was done on 5923 rural Bangladeshi children aged 5-15 years to determine the prevalence of rheumatic fever (RF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD). The prevalence was found to be 1.2 (95% confidence interval 0.3-2.1) per 1000 for RF defined by revised Jones criteria and 1.3 (0.4-2.2) per 1000 for Doppler echocardiography-confirmed RHD.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 16105342 DOI: 10.1258/0049475054620879
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Trop Doct ISSN: 0049-4755 Impact factor: 0.731