Chagas' heart disease: Clinical-pathological correlation

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 8, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Rossi, Marcos A ^a   Ramos, Simone G ^a   Bestetti, Reynaldo B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Chagas; Chagasic cardiopathy; Disease; Heart disease; Myocarditis; Review; Trypanosomacruzi; Trypanosomiasis

Indexed keywords

BENZNIDAZOLE; DIGITALIS; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

AUTOIMMUNITY; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CARRIER; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION; REVIEW; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

DIGITALIS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 3142778621     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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