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Editorial
. 2008 Feb;86(2):84.
doi: 10.2471/blt.07.046680.

Echocardiographic screening for rheumatic heart disease

Eloi Marijon, Phalla Ou, David S Celermajer, Beatriz Ferreira, Ana Olga Mocumbi, Daniel Sidi, Xavier Jouven
Editorial

Echocardiographic screening for rheumatic heart disease

Eloi Marijon et al. Bull World Health Organ. 2008 Feb.
No abstract available

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