Etiology of Chagas disease myocarditis: Autoimmunity, parasite persistence, or both?

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-22

  Gironès, N úria ^a   Fresno, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOIMMUNITY; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HYPOTHESIS; MYOCARDITIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL DETECTION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0037213017     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-4922(02)00006-5     Document Type: Article

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