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July 1, 1943Annals of Internal Medicine

Comparison of the Pathology of Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatoid Arthritis

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150 surgically treated and 48 autopsied cases of rheumatoid arthritis, and 101 autopsied cases of rheumatic…

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GBGranville A. BennettThe University of Sydney

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Implication

Affirms universal carditis in fatal rheumatic fever; leaves open relevance to nonfatal cases and modern screening or prevention.

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Population
150 surgically treated and 48 autopsied cases of rheumatoid arthritis, and 101 autopsied cases of rheumatic fever
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Outcome
Pathological findings including rheumatic carditis and Aschoff nodules

This historical pathology study describes the high prevalence of rheumatic carditis and Aschoff nodules in autopsied patients with rheumatic fever.

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Granville A. Bennett (1943) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8937cd5c4c6b099dec629ahttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-19-1-111
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