The kidney in rheumatic heart disease
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The kidney in rheumatic heart disease.
Histological evidence of glomerulonephritis is reported in 95 (38.6%) of a series of 246 necropsies with concomitant rheumatic carditis. The details of these findings are given and their significance is discussed.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Pathology
سال: 1962
ISSN: 0021-9746
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.15.5.414