Recurrent rheumatic fever
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- DOI: 10.1136/ard.44.3.205
Recurrent rheumatic fever
Abstract
Although recurrent rheumatic fever in adults is uncommon and the recurrence rate declines with age and with the interval from the attack, we describe a patient who has had four attacks of rheumatic fever, two in childhood and two in adult life.
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