Detection and characterization of antigens in urine of patients with acute, congenital, and chronic Chagas' disease

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1957-1962

  Corral, Ricardo S ^a   Altcheh, Jaime ^a   Alexandre, Sandra R ^b   Grinstein, Saul ^a   Freilij, Hector ^a   Katzin, Alejandro M ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE NIÑOS RICARDO GUTIÉRREZ   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NIFURTIMOX; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; INFANT; NEWBORN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; URINALYSIS;

TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0029938884     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.8.1957-1962.1996     Document Type: Article

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