Neurological burden of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease: the case for action

Editorial

The Lancet Neurology. Lancet Neurol. 2010 May.

. 2010 May;9(5):447.

doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(10)70096-X.

No abstract available

Comment on

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