Cardiac damage from chronic use of chloroquine. A case report and review of the literature

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 85-88

  Teixeira, Ricardo Alkmim ^a   Martinelli, Martino ^a   Benvenuti, Luiz Alberto ^a   Costa, Roberto ^a   Pedrosa, Anísio A ^a   Nishióka, Silvana A D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CASE REPORT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART INJURY; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNCOPE;

EID: 0036335801     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0066-782X2002001000009     Document Type: Article

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