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Diploma in Clinical Medicine and Surgery
Rheumatic Fever: Pathogenesis, Jones Criteria and Prevention
Detailed notes on the autoimmune reaction following group A streptococcal pharyngitis: molecular mimicry against heart, joints, skin and central nervous system, the ages at risk, the revised Jones criteria and investigations, penicillin and salicylate therapy, prophylaxis before dental and invasive procedures, and the complications of valve insufficiency and stenosis.
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