Rheumatic Fever: a neglected and underdiagnosed disease. New perspective on diagnosis and prevention
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Rheumatic Fever: a neglected and underdiagnosed disease. New perspective on diagnosis and prevention Carlos Eduardo de Barros Branco,1 Roney Orismar Sampaio,1 Mario Maia Bracco,2,3 Samira Saady Morhy,2 Marcelo Luiz Campos Vieira,1,2 Luiza Guilherme,1 Luiz Vicente Rizzo,2 Flavio Tarasoutch1, 2 Instituto do Coração InCor,1 São Paulo, SP; Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein2, São Paulo, SP; Centro de Estudos e Pesquisas Dr. João Amorim (CEJAM)3 Brazil
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دوره 107 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2016