Erythema nodoso in reactivation of Chagas' disease after cardiac transplantation;Eritema nodoso como forma de reativação da doença de Chagas em transplantado cardíaco

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 61-63

  Garcia Pires D'Ávila, Solange Corrêa ^a,d   Morena Pires D'Ávila, Antônio Miguel ^b   Pagliari, Carla ^c   Gonçalves, Verônica M ^a   Seixas Duarte, Maria Irma ^c  

^a Center for Microorganisms Investigation   (Brazil)

^b Direcao Reg Saude S Jose Rio Preto   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cardiac transplantation; Chagas' disease; Erythema nodosum; Trypanosoma cruzi reactivation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 13244260687     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0037-86822005000100013     Document Type: Article

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