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Rheumatic carditis in childhood with special reference to auscultation

C F ENGELHARDT

    Revista De Medicina Do Rio Grande Do Sul
    |October 29, 2010
    PubMed
    Abstract

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    Keywords:
    AUSCULTATIONRHEUMATIC FEVER/cardiac complications

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