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DeCS
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Descriptor English:
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Rheumatic Fever
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Fiebre Reumática
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Febre Reumática
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Synonyms English:
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Arthritis, Rheumatic, Acute
Rheumatism, Articular, Acute
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Tree Number:
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C01.252.410.890.731
C05.550.114.843
C05.799.825
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Definition English:
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A febrile disease occurring as a delayed sequela of infections with group A hemolytic streptococci and characterized by multiple focal inflammatory lesions of the connective tissue structures, especially of the heart, blood vessels, and joints (polyarthritis), and by the presence of Aschoff bodies in the myocardium and skin. (Dorland, 27th ed) |
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Indexing Annotation English:
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Strep infect; rheum fever with heart dis, unspecified or specific = RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE (IM) + the specific heart dis (IM or NIM), but not HEART DISEASES
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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12624
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Unique Identifier:
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D012213
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