Short report: Endomyocardial fibrosis and cardiomyopathy in an area endemic for schistosomiasis

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 26-27

  Barbosa, Marcia M ^a,c   Lamounier, Joel A ^b   Oliveira, Edmundo C ^a   Souza, Mara V ^a   Marques, Darley S ^b   Lambertucci, Jose R ^b  

^a HOSPITAL VERA CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHILD; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

EID: 0031896220     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.58.26     Document Type: Article

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