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Descriptor English:
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Rheumatic Fever
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Fiebre Reumática
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Febre Reumática
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Synonyms English:
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Arthritis, Rheumatic, Acute
Rheumatism, Articular, Acute
Acute Rheumatic Fever
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Tree Number:
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C01.252.410.890.731
C05.550.114.843
C05.799.825
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Definition English:
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A febrile disease occurring as a delayed sequela of infections with STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES. It is characterized by multiple focal inflammatory lesions of the connective tissue structures, such as the heart, blood vessels, and joints (POLYARTHRITIS) and brain, and by the presence of ASCHOFF BODIES in the myocardium and skin. |
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Indexing Annotation English:
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Strep infect; rheum fever with heart dis, unspecified or specific = RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE (IM) + the specific heart dis (IM or NIM), but not HEART DISEASES
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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12624
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Unique Identifier:
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D012213
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