Brain natriuretic peptide and left ventricular dysfunction in Chagas' disease

Lancet

Volumn 360, Issue 9331, 2002, Pages 461-462

  Ribeiro, Antonio Luiz P ^a   Dos Reis, Adelina Martha ^a   Barros, Marcio Vinicius L ^a,b   De Sousa, Marcos Roberto ^a   Rocha, Ana Luiza L ^a   Perez, Amanda Arantes ^a   Pereira, Jacqueline Braga ^a   Machado, Fernando Santana ^b   Rocha, Manoel Otávio C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b ECOAR Medicina Diagnóstica   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SCREENING TEST; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037055707     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(02)09638-1     Document Type: Article

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