Risk progression to chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy: Influence of male sex and of parasitaemia detected by polymerase chain reaction

Heart

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1186-1190

  Basquiera, Ana Lisa ^a   Sembaj, A ^b   Aguerri, A M ^b   Omelianiuk, M ^a   Guzman S ^a   Barral, J Moreno ^b   Caeiro, T F ^a   Madoery, R J ^a   Salomone, O A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL PRIVADO   (Argentina)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PARASITEMIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0141678883     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heart.89.10.1186     Document Type: Article

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