Description
rheumatic fever: Rheumatic fever (RF) is a multisystem inflammatory disease occurring as a post-infectious, nonsuppurative sequela of untreated streptococcus pyogenes (Group A streptococcus [GAS]) pharyngitis, and mainly occurs in individuals aged 5 to 15 years. The most common presenting signs are fever, migratory polyarthritis and carditis.
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode |
I9_RHEUFEVWITHOUTHEART |
| Hospital Discharge registry |
ICD-10: I00/I029, ICD-9: 390, ICD-8: 390 |
| Cause of Death registry |
ICD-10: I029/I00, ICD-9: 390, ICD-8: 390 |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy |
2 |
| First defined in version |
DF2 |
Ontology