Targeted Echocardiographic Screening for Latent Rheumatic Heart Disease in Northern Uganda: Evaluating Familial Risk Following Identification of an Index Case-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Targeted Echocardiographic Screening for Latent Rheumatic Heart Disease in Northern Uganda: Evaluating Familial Risk Following Identification of an Index Case

Published:2016-06-13 Issue:6 Volume:10 Page:e0004727
ISSN:1935-2735
Container-title:PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
language:en
Short-container-title:PLoS Negl Trop Dis

Author:

Aliku Twalib,Sable Craig,Scheel Amy,Tompsett Alison,Lwabi Peter,Okello Emmy,McCarter Robert,Summar Marshall,Beaton Andrea

Funder

Gift of Life International/Rotary International

Children's Research Institute

General Electric

Publisher

Public Library of Science (PLoS)

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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