Indeterminate Chagas' disease: Trypanosoma cruzi strain and re-infection are factors involved in the progression of cardiopathy

Clinical Science

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 415-420

  Bustamante, Juan M ^a   Rivarola, Héctor W ^a   Fernández, Alicia R ^a,b   Enders, Julio E ^a   Fretes, Ricardo ^c   Palma, José A ^a   Paglini Oliva, Patricia A ^a,d  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^d NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cardiac damage; Indeterminate Chagas' disease; Re infection; Strain; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHRONIC PATIENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ECG ABNORMALITY; EVOLUTION; EXPERIMENT; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HEART DISEASE; HEART INJURY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFECTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0037391238     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CS20020245     Document Type: Article

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