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Review
. 2017 Apr;40(2):70-75.
doi: 10.18773/austprescr.2017.011. Epub 2017 Apr 3.

Prescribing for people with acute rheumatic fever

Anna P Ralph  1 , Sara Noonan  2 , Claire Boardman  2 , Catherine Halkon  2 , Bart J Currie  1
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Review

Prescribing for people with acute rheumatic fever

Anna P Ralph et al. Aust Prescr. 2017 Apr.
No abstract available

Keywords: Sydenham’s chorea; benzathine penicillin; rheumatic fever; rheumatic heart disease.

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Conflict of interest: none declared

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