Cutaneous presentation of Chagas' disease reactivation in a heart-transplant patient in Utah

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 529-530

  Hall, Clifton Samuel ^a   Fields, Katherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; ITRACONAZOLE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; NIFURTIMOX;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SKIN BIOPSY;

CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CHAGAS DISEASE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SKIN DISEASES; UTAH;

EID: 38949087902     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2006.10.010     Document Type: Article

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