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Polyarthritis rheumatica

A febrile disease occurring as a delayed sequela of infections with streptococcus pyogenes. It is characterised by multiple focal inflammatory lesions of the connective tissue structures, such as the heart, blood vessels, and joints (polyarthritis) and brain, and by the presence of aschoff bodies in the myocardium and skin.

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