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Comment
. 2019 Jan 29;219(4):674-675.
doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiy560.

Caution Indicated in Extrapolating Carditis in Rats to Rheumatic Heart Disease in Humans

James B Dale  1 , Stanford T Shulman  2
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Caution Indicated in Extrapolating Carditis in Rats to Rheumatic Heart Disease in Humans

James B Dale et al. J Infect Dis. .
No abstract available

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  • Reply to Dale and Shulman.
    Sikder S, Rush CM, Govan BL, Norton RE, Cunningham MW, McMillan DJ, Sriprakash KS, Ketheesan N. Sikder S, et al. J Infect Dis. 2019 Jan 29;219(4):675-676. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiy561. J Infect Dis. 2019. PMID: 30247617 No abstract available.

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