Myocardial parasite persistence in chronic chagasic patients

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 726-732

  Añez, Nestor ^a   Carrasco, Hugo ^b   Parada, Henry ^c   Crisante, Gladys ^a   Rojas, Agustina ^a   Fuenmayor, Carmen ^b   Gonzalez, Nestor ^a   Percoco, Gloria ^d   Borges, Rafael ^d   Guevara, Palmira ^e   Ramirez, Jose Luis ^e  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

^b Hospital Universitario de Los Andes   (Venezuela)

^c Hospital Luis Razetti   (Venezuela)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^e FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZNIDAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE LOCALIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0344655613     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1999.60.726     Document Type: Article

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