Acute rheumatic fever in Shiraz, Iran. Its prevalence and characteristics in two socioeconomic groups

MeSH terms

• Adolescent
• Child
• Female
• Humans
• Iran
• Male
• Prednisone / therapeutic use
• Retrospective Studies
• Rheumatic Fever / diagnosis
• Rheumatic Fever / drug therapy
• Rheumatic Fever / epidemiology*
• Rheumatic Fever / mortality
• Rheumatic Fever / prevention & control
• Rheumatic Heart Disease / epidemiology
• Salicylates / therapeutic use
• Sex Factors
• Socioeconomic Factors*