Prevalence of circulating Trypanosoma cruzi detected by polymerase chain reaction in patients with Chagas' cardiomyopathy

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1274-1276

  Salomone, Oscar A ^a   Juri, Daniel ^a   Omelianiuk, Mirta O ^a   Sembaj, Adela ^b   Aguerri, Ana M ^b   Carriazo, Carlota ^b   Barral, José Moreno ^b   Madoery, Roberto ^a  

^a HOSPITAL PRIVADO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITEMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; CHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0034656970     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(00)00747-5     Document Type: Article

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