Autonomic dysfunction in chagas disease: Lack of participation of the vagus nerve

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 405-408

  Mahler Araújo, Maria Betania ^a,b   Chimelli, Leila ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Chagas disease; Electron microscopy; Histology; Light microscopy; Vagus nerve

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; AUTOPSY; BRAZIL; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSAUTONOMIA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GANGLION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INNERVATION; MORPHOMETRICS; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE FIBER; PATHOGENESIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE SECTION; VAGUS NERVE;

PROTOZOA;

EID: 0033839023     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(00)90122-6     Document Type: Article

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