Trypanosoma cruzi-associated cerebrovascular disease: A case-control study in Eastern Colombia

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 217, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-64

  Leon Sarmiento, Fidias E ^a,b,c,g   Mendoza, Eder ^a   Torres Hillera, Martin ^a,c,d   Pinto, Neyla ^a,c   Prada A, Janette ^a   Silva, Clara A ^a   Vera C, Silvia J ^a   Castillo, Erwin ^a   Valderrama, Vladimir ^e   Prada, Didier G ^a,c   Bayona Prieto, Jaime ^b,c   Garcia, Ingrid ^f  

^a UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDER   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE PAMPLONA   (Colombia)

^c Neuronet Inst Colombiano N   (Colombia)

^d UNIVERSIDAD FRANCISCO DE PAULA SANTANDER   (Colombia)

^e PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

^f INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD   (Colombia)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Cerebrovascular disease; Colombia; Neuroepidemiology; Neurotrypanosomiasis; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHI SQUARE TEST; COLOMBIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SERODIAGNOSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

EID: 10744224103     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2003.08.015     Document Type: Article

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