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==Diagnosis==
==Diagnosis==
[[Rheumatic fever history and symptoms|History and Symptoms]] | [[Rheumatic fever physical examination|Physical Examination]] | [[Jones criteria]]  
[[Rheumatic fever history and symptoms|History and Symptoms]] | [[Rheumatic fever physical examination|Physical Examination]] | [[Jones criteria]] | [[Rheumatic fever laboratory tests|Lab Tests]]


==Treatment==  
==Treatment==  

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Rheumatic fever
Rheumatic Mitral Valvulitis: Gross; an excellent example of acute rheumatic fever lesion along line of closure of mitral valve
Image courtesy of Professor Peter Anderson DVM PhD and published with permission © PEIR, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Pathology
ICD-10 I00-I02
ICD-9 390392
DiseasesDB 11487
MedlinePlus 003940
MeSH D012213

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Lance Christiansen, D.O.; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2]

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