Intraocular manifestations in patients with Chagas' disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Examinations in Paraguay;Beteiligung der Chagas-Krankheit (Amerikanische Trypanosomiasis) am inneren Auge - Untersuchungen in Paraguay/Sudamerika

Ophthalmologe

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 206-210

  Frohlich S J ^a   De Kaspar, H Miño ^a   Peran R ^b   De Bilbao, N Vera ^c   Schinini, A ^c   De Arias, A Rojas ^c   Insfran, N Sanchez ^b   Azorero, R Moreno ^c   Heidenkummer, P ^a   Klauss V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Ciências Biológicas da Universidad Autónoma de Asunción   (Paraguay)

^c Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud Universidad Nacional de Asuncion   (Paraguay)

Author keywords

Chagas' disease; parasitic infection; retinal pigment epithelium; Romana's sign

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETINA PIGMENT EPITHELIOPATHY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATROPHY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PARAGUAY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINITIS;

EID: 12644263396     PISSN: 0941293X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003470050103     Document Type: Article

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