Rheumatic Heart Disease in a developing country: incidence and trend (Monastir; Tunisia: 2000-2013)

Abstract Background The penicillin therapy of β hemolytic streptococcal pharyngitis has aided in the decrease of Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) in developing countries. Tunisia is an endemic area however, and incidence of RHD is weakly documented. We aimed at establishing the standardized incidence r...

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Veröffentlicht in:	International journal of cardiology 2017-02, Vol.228, p.628-632
Hauptverfasser:	Belguith, Asma Sriha, Abdelkafi, Afifa Koubaa, El Mhamdi, Sana, fredj, Manel ben, Abroug, Hela, Salah, Arwa Ben, Bouanene, Inès, Hassine, Fahima, Amara, Amal, Bhiri, Sana, Derbel, Abdelkarim, Gamra, Habib, Maatouk, Faouzi, Soltani, Mohamed Soussi
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Age Age Factors Aged Cardiovascular Developing Countries Female Gender Hospital Hospitalization - trends Humans Incidence Inpatients Male Middle Aged Prevalence Registries Retrospective Studies Rheumatic heart disease Rheumatic Heart Disease - epidemiology Sex Factors Trend Tunisia - epidemiology
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