 Rheumatic Fever
"Rheumatic Fever" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D012213
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.252.410.890.731 C05.550.114.843 C05.799.825
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| Concept/Terms |
Rheumatic Fever- Rheumatic Fever
- Fever, Rheumatic
- Fevers, Rheumatic
- Rheumatic Fevers
- Arthritis, Acute Rheumatic
- Acute Rheumatic Arthritides
- Acute Rheumatic Arthritis
- Arthritides, Acute Rheumatic
- Rheumatic Arthritides, Acute
- Rheumatic Arthritis, Acute
- Arthritis, Rheumatic, Acute
- Rheumatism, Articular, Acute
- Polyarthritis Rheumatica
- Polyarthritis Rheumaticas
- Rheumatic Arthritis
- Rheumatism, Acute Articular
- Acute Articular Rheumatism
- Acute Articular Rheumatisms
- Articular Rheumatism, Acute
- Articular Rheumatisms, Acute
- Rheumatisms, Acute Articular
- Acute Rheumatic Fever
- Acute Rheumatic Fevers
- Fever, Acute Rheumatic
- Fevers, Acute Rheumatic
- Rheumatic Fever, Acute
- Rheumatic Fevers, Acute
- Inflammatory Rheumatism
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| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Rheumatic Fever" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Okello E, Ndagire E, Muhamed B, Sarnacki R, Murali M, Pulle J, Atala J, Bowen AC, DiFazio MP, Nakitto MG, Harik NS, Kansiime R, Longenecker CT, Lwabi P, Agaba C, Norton SA, Omara IO, Oyella LM, Parks T, Rwebembera J, Spurney CF, Stein E, Tochen L, Watkins D, Zimmerman M, Carapetis JR, Sable CA, Beaton A. Incidence of acute rheumatic fever in northern and western Uganda: a prospective, population-based study. Lancet Glob Health. 2021 10; 9(10):e1423-e1430.
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de Loizaga SR, Arthur L, Arya B, Beckman B, Belay W, Brokamp C, Hyun Choi N, Connolly S, Dasgupta S, Dibert T, Dryer MM, Gokanapudy Hahn LR, Greene EA, Kernizan D, Khalid O, Klein J, Kobayashi R, Lahiri S, Lorenzoni RP, Otero Luna A, Marshall J, Millette T, Moore L, Muhamed B, Murali M, Parikh K, Sanyahumbi A, Shakti D, Stein E, Shah S, Wilkins H, Windom M, Wirth S, Zimmerman M, Beck AF, Ollberding N, Sable C, Beaton A. Rheumatic Heart Disease in the United States: Forgotten But Not Gone: Results of a 10 Year Multicenter Review. J Am Heart Assoc. 2021 08 17; 10(16):e020992.
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Stein E, Pulle J, Zimmerman M, Otim I, Atala J, Rwebembera J, Oyella LM, Harik N, Okello E, Sable C, Beaton A. Previous Traditional Medicine Use for Sore Throat among Children Evaluated for Rheumatic Fever in Northern Uganda. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2020 12 14; 104(3):842-847.
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Okello E, Ndagire E, Atala J, Bowen AC, DiFazio MP, Harik NS, Longenecker CT, Lwabi P, Murali M, Norton SA, Omara IO, Oyella LM, Parks T, Pulle J, Rwebembera J, Sarnacki RJ, Spurney CF, Stein E, Tochen L, Watkins D, Zimmerman M, Carapetis JR, Sable C, Beaton A. Active Case Finding for Rheumatic Fever in an Endemic Country. J Am Heart Assoc. 2020 08 04; 9(15):e016053.
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