Chagas' disease, foetal maternal transmision and experience in our hospital;Enfermedad de Chagas, transmisión maternofetal y experiencia recogida en nuestro centro

Enfermedades Emergentes

Volumn 8, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 37-39

  Del Pino, Marta ^a   Coll, Oriol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chagas' disease; Congenital Chagas; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONGENITAL INFECTION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; MIGRATION; SEROPREVALENCE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33645028783     PISSN: 15754723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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