Heart transplantation for chronic Chagas' heart disease

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1727-1733

  Bocchi, Edimar A ^a,b   Bellotti, Giovanni ^a   Mocelin, Amilcar O ^a   Uip, David ^a   Bacal, Fernando ^a   Higuchi, Maria L ^a   Amato Neto, Vicente ^a   Fiorelli, Alfredo ^a   Stolf, Noedir A G ^a   Jatene, Adib D ^a   Pileggi, Fulvio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BENZNIDAZOLE; CYCLOSPORIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; STEROID; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TEST; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PARASITEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0029901403     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(96)00141-5     Document Type: Article

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