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Review
. 2000 Feb 5;320(7231):362-5.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.362.

Lesson of the week: difficulties in diagnosing acute rheumatic fever-arthritis may be short lived and carditis silent

L Williamson  1 , P Bowness, A Mowat, I Ostman-Smith
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Review

Lesson of the week: difficulties in diagnosing acute rheumatic fever-arthritis may be short lived and carditis silent

L Williamson et al. BMJ. .
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