Ahmed Salah Elsayed Soliman <br/><br/>
Prevalence and risk factors associated with rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease among Egyptian school age children living in Qualioub Qualioubia Governorate /  
 معدل إنتشار وعوامل خطورة الحمى الروماتيزمية وروماتيزم القلب فى طلبة المدارس بمحافظة القليوبية 
Ahmed Salah Elsayed Soliman ; Supervised Adel Zaki , Nashwa Elhagrasy , Amr Hassan Mostafa 
 - Cairo :   Ahmed Salah Elsayed Soliman ,   2010 
 - 102P. :   charts , facsimiles ;   25cm 
<br/><br/>Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Cardiology 
<br/><br/> Rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease remain major health problems in most countries of the developing world including Egypt . In these countries RHD is estimated to be responsible for 30- 60% of all cardiac patients admitted to hospital (Nordet p., 1994) . The aim of this study to find out the prevalence of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease among school children living in Qualiob, Qalioubia Governorate, in Egypt and Risk factors associated with rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Rheumatic fever  Rheumatic heart disease  Thickened mitral valve