ANTI-STREPTOLYSIN O TITRE IN RHEUMATIC CARDITIS
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Anti-streptolysin O titre in rheumatic carditis.
The definition of rheumatic fever has been broadened of recent years and many people take it to include not only articular and skin manifestations but also all those signs that are commonly regarded as evidence of an active carditis. While this conception may be pathologically correct and at times convenient in use, it is clear that there are many cases of rheumatic fever where there is no proo...
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In order to find the correlation between the severity of carditis in acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), C-reactive protein (CRP) and anti-streptolysin O (ASO) titers, we performed a retrospective study in Shiraz on one-hundred and four patients. The mean age of the patients was 11 years. Fever was seen in 85.5%, arthralgia in 95.2%, arthritis in 81.7%, car...
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عنوان ژورنال: Heart
سال: 1958
ISSN: 1355-6037
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.20.2.183