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Immunological basis in the aetiology of rheumatic fever (A review)

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    Dinesh Chandra Srivastava & K. Krishna Kumar

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Srivastava, D.C., Kumar, K.K. Immunological basis in the aetiology of rheumatic fever (A review). Indian J Pediatr 46, 368–371 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02749271

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