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Echocardiography and subclinical carditis: guidelines that increase sensitivity for acute rheumatic fever

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2008

Nigel Wilson
Nigel Wilson*
Affiliation:
Starship Children’s Hospital and Green Lane Clinical Services, Auckland, New Zealand
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Correspondence to: Nigel Wilson, Paediatric Cardiologist, Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Services, Starship Children’s Hospital and Green Lane Clinical Services, Auckland, New Zealand. Tel: +64 (0)9 307 4949 ext 23644; Fax: +64 (0)9 375 7026; E-mail: nigelw@adhb.govt.nz
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 18 , Issue 6 , December 2008 , pp. 565 - 568
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