Early electrocardiographic abnormalities in Trypanosoma cruzi- seropositive children

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 530-534

  De Andrade, Ana Lucia Sampaio Sgambatti ^a   Zicker, Fabio ^b   Rassi, Anis ^c   Rassi, Alexandre Gabriel ^d   Oliveira, Renato Mauricio ^c   Silva, Simonne Almeida ^c   De Andrade, Soraya Sgambatti ^c   Martelli, Celina Maria Turchi ^c  

^a PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^d Hospital São Salvador   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHAGAS DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0031753536     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.59.530     Document Type: Article

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