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Some of the people, some of the time: susceptibility to acute rheumatic fever.
Circulation - 10 Feb 2009
Bryant Penelope A, Robins-Browne Roy, Carapetis Jonathan R, Curtis Nigel
Abstract excerpt
Acute rheumatic fever is a major cause of heart disease in large parts of the world, but it remains unknown why only a small fraction of those who are infected with rheumatogenic group A streptococci develop an abnormal immune response that leads to acute rheumatic fever. An understanding of the...
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