Chagas disease and anticardiolipin antibodies in older adults

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 235-238

  De Godoy, Maria Regina Pereira ^a   Castilho Cação, João ^a   De Godoy, José Maria Pereira ^a   Brandão, Antonio Carlos ^a   Rossi Souza, Dorotéia Silva ^a  

^a Sao Jose do Rio Preto University School of Medicine   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aged adults; Anticardiolipin antibodies; Chagas' disease

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, ANTICARDIOLIPIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHAGAS DISEASE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 26444563297     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2005.04.001     Document Type: Article

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