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Case Reports
. 2015 Jan 6;187(1):50-54.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.140155. Epub 2014 Dec 8.

A 39-year-old man with recurrent rheumatic fever

Elizabeth Marie Bagnall  1 , Meghan Jessica Ho  2 , Iain Alexander McCormick  1
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Case Reports

A 39-year-old man with recurrent rheumatic fever

Elizabeth Marie Bagnall et al. CMAJ. .
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  • Identifying and treating group A streptococcal pharyngitis in children.
    Science M, Bitnun A, McIsaac W. Science M, et al. CMAJ. 2015 Jan 6;187(1):13. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.141532. Epub 2014 Dec 15. CMAJ. 2015. PMID: 25512654 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
  • Fever in our First Nations.
    Gordon J, Kirlew M, Saginur R, Bocking N, Kelly L, Kennedy C, Farrell T, Schreiber Y. Gordon J, et al. CMAJ. 2015 Sep 22;187(13):996. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.1150058. CMAJ. 2015. PMID: 26392337 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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