title: Epidemiology of rheumatic fever in Japan.
abstract: The number of patients with the first attack of rheumatic fever reached a peak in 1960, decreased remarkably until 1968, then has remained unchanged for the last nine years. Approximately 10% of rheumatic patients still develop recurrences.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D012008:Recurrence; D012213:Rheumatic Fever / Q000453:epidemiology*