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Is there a need to modify the “revised” Jones diagnostic criteria of acute rheumatic fever?

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  1. Pediatric Cardiology Unit, Department of Pediatrics, King Faisal University, Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia

    Shyamal K. Sanyal (Professor of Pediatrics and Pediatric Cardiology) & Abdulla Abu-Melha

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Sanyal, S.K., Abu-Melha, A. Is there a need to modify the “revised” Jones diagnostic criteria of acute rheumatic fever?. Indian J Pediatr 55, 9–14 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02722554

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