Screening for Rheumatic Heart Disease among Peruvian Children: A Two-Stage Sampling Observational Study

BACKGROUND: The objective of the study was to evaluate the implications of different classifications of rheumatic heart disease on estimated prevalence, and to systematically assess the importance of incidental findings from echocardiographic screening among schoolchildren in Peru. METHODS: We perfo...

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Published in:PLoS One
Main Authors: Spitzer, Ernest, Mercado, Jorge, Islas, Fabian, Rothenbühler, Martina, Kurmann, Reto, Zürcher, Fabian, Krähenmann, Peter, Llerena, Nassip, Jüni, Peter, Torres, Pedro, Pilgrim, Thomas
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4514892/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26208006
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0133004
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