Geographical Distribution of Endomyocardial Fibrosis in South Kerala | Zendy

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Geographical Distribution of Endomyocardial Fibrosis in South Kerala

Author(s) -

V. Raman Kutty,

S. Abraham,

C. Sudha Kartha

Publication year - 1996

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/25.6.1202

Subject(s) - endomyocardial fibrosis , medicine , distribution (mathematics) , fibrosis , geography , mathematical analysis , mathematics

Endomyocardial fibrosis (EMF) is a chronic heart disease confined to a few geographically specific locations within 15 degrees of the equator. Several aetiological hypotheses exist, among them filarial infection, eosinophilia, and toxic effect of the monazite element cerium from the soil. This study attempts to find out whether the pattern of distribution of EMF in south Kerala in India is consistent with the geochemical hypothesis.

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