Is apoptosis a mechanism of cell death of cardiomyocytes in chronic chagasic myocarditis?

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 325-331

  Rossi, Marcos A ^a   Souza, Adriana C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cardiomyocytes; Cell death; Chagas' heart disease; Chagasic myocarditis; Myocarditis; Necrosis; Trypanosoma cruzi; TUNEL method

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CHAGAS DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL DEATH; CHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; RATS;

EID: 0033559783     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(98)00375-1     Document Type: Article

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