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Rheumatic Fever: eMedicine Pediatrics: General Medicine
Subcutaneous nodules: Subcutaneous nodules are now an infrequent manifestation of rheumatic fever. The frequency has declined during the past several years to 0-8% of patients with ...
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1007946-overview
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rheumatic nodules - definition of rheumatic nodules in the Medical ...
rheumatic nodules small, round or oval, mostly subcutaneous nodules similar to Aschoff bodies; seen in rheumatic fever. rheumatoid nodules subcutaneous nodules consisting of ...
http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/rheumatic+nodules
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Rheumatic fever - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Subcutaneous nodules: painless, firm collections of collagen fibers over bones or tendons. ... Another important cornerstone in treating rheumatic fever includes the continual use of ...
http://wiki.healthhaven.com/Rheumatic_fever
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RHEUMATIC FEVER
Major criteria: carditis, polyarthritis, chorea, subcutaneous nodules and erythema marginatum. Minor criteria: previous rheumatic fever or rheumatic heart disease; arthralgia; fever ...
http://www.odh.ohio.gov/pdf/IDCM/rhmfvr.pdf
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Cecil's Textbook of Medicine: Rheumatic Fever: Definition
Other patients exhibit evidence of persistent inflammatory activity, including arthritis, carditis, and subcutaneous nodules. “Chronic rheumatic fever” occurs more frequently ...
http://www.merckmedicus.com/ppdocs/us/common/cecils/b9781416028055503189/ch313-01.htm
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Abington Pediatric Associates-Medical Conditions: Rheumatic Fever ...
The subcutaneous nodules of rheumatic fever also are very rare, except in those individuals who have severe heart valve involvement. These are small, pea-sized nodules, which are ...
http://www.abingtonpeds.com/resources/rheumaticfeveracute.asp
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Acute Rheumatic Fever in Adults
Subcutaneous nodules were not present in any of our cases. It is understood that the absence of a significant past history of rheumatic fever does not mean that attacks of childhood ...
http://xnet.kp.org/permanentejournal/Fall00/Rheumatic.pdf
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Berkeley County Health Department
What are the symptoms of rheumatic fever? Initially, rheumatic fever is acute. The major symptoms of rheumatic fever are: carditis, polyarthritis, chorea, subcutaneous nodules, and ...
http://www.bchealthdept.org/rheumatic_fever.html
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Rheumatic Fever: eMedicine Emergency Medicine
Overview: Rheumatic fever causes chronic progressive damage to the heart and its ... Subcutaneous nodules (ie, Aschoff bodies): These nodules occur in 10% of patients and are ...
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/808945-overview
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Rheumatic Fever: Pediatrics: Merck Manual Professional
Rheumatic fever is a nonsuppurative, acute inflammatory complication of group A streptococcal infection, causing combinations of arthritis, carditis, subcutaneous nodules, erythema ...
http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec19/ch281/ch281a.html
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