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AUTHOR
Alessandra Tricarico
Proceedings Of The 23Rd Paediatric Rheumatology European Society Congress: Part Two
LE ALTERAZIONI DEI POTENZIALI EVOCATI NELLA MALATTIA DI KAWASAKI: SUPPORTO DIAGNOSTICO IN UN ITER DIFFICILE
Studio dei potenziali evocati uditivi e visivi nella malattia di Kawasaki: markers di vasculite e conferma diagnostica
Miositi dell'età pediatrica: Analisi di una casistica biennale.
MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE INFECTIONS IN PAEDIATRIC AGE: CLINICAL VARIABILITY
Local Complications And Adverse Drug Reactions In Paediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease
CUTANEOUS MANIFESTATIONS IN PEDIATRIC COELIAC DISEASE
New diagnostic criteria of acute rheumatic fever: prevalence of silent carditis in a pediatric population
Acute rheumatic fever and its sequel, chronic rheumatic heart disease, are important global health issues with an annual incidence of about 500.000 new cases and a prevalence of 34 million people worldwide affected by rheumatic heart disease. During the 20th century the incidence of ARF and the prevalence declined substantially in Europe, North America, and developed nations in other geographic locations. In Italy the incidence is about 4,1:100.000. Acute rheumatic fever is a systemic inflammatory response to group A streptococcal infection, which typically affects children and occurs two or three weeks after a throat infection. Although arthritis is the most common sign, carditis which com…