Pathogenesis of human chronic chagasic myocarditis;Patogenia de la miocarditis chagasica cronica humana

Medicina

Volumn 59, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1999, Pages 63-68

  Laguens, Ruben P ^a   Cabeza Meckert, Patricia M ^a   Vigliano, Carlos A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO FUNDACIÓN FAVALORO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chagasic myocarditis; Heart; Pathogenesis; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CASE REPORT; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0009401065     PISSN: 00257680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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