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Rheumatic Valvulopathy in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Cross-Sectional Study of Cameroonian Urban Schools

Global Heart
Volume 20 (2025): Issue 1
By: Chris Nadège Nganou-Gnindjio,  Anicet Gakdang Ladibe,  Joël Marie Obama Nyaga,  Sandrine Laure Ngambono,  Loic Alban Tasong,  Jules Thierry Elong,  Hursul Geffried Nzongang,  Félicité Kamdem and  David Chelo  
Open Access
|Mar 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/gh.1414 | Journal eISSN: 2211-8179
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Language: English
Submitted on: Jun 18, 2024
Accepted on: Feb 24, 2025
Published on: Mar 27, 2025
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
Rheumatic valvulopathy,
children,
Yaoundé-Cameroon

© 2025 Chris Nadège Nganou-Gnindjio, Anicet Gakdang Ladibe, Joël Marie Obama Nyaga, Sandrine Laure Ngambono, Loic Alban Tasong, Jules Thierry Elong, Hursul Geffried Nzongang, Félicité Kamdem, David Chelo, published by Ubiquity Press
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