Chronic chagasic cardiopathy: The product of a turbulent host-parasite relationship

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 53-60

  Higuchi, Maria De Lourdes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chronic chagasic cardiopathy; Review

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; MYOCARDITIS; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHRONIC DISEASE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; MYOCARDITIS;

EID: 0030622181     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46651997000100012     Document Type: Review

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