Organ transplantation and Chagas disease

JAMA

Volumn 299, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1134-

  Altclas, Javier D ^a   Barcan, Laura ^b   Nagel, Claudia ^c   Lattes, Roberta ^d   Riarte, Adelina ^e  

^a Sanatorio de la Trinidad   (Argentina)

^b Infectious Diseases Section

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO FUNDACIÓN FAVALORO   (Argentina)

^d Instituto de Nefrologia Buenos Aires ar   (Argentina)

^e Instituto Nacional de Diagnostico e Investigacion de la Enfermedad de Chagas Dr Mario Fatala Chaben   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZNIDAZOLE;

CHAGAS DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LETTER; LONG TERM CARE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PARASITEMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; NOTE; RECURRENT DISEASE;

CHAGAS DISEASE; HUMANS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PARASITEMIA; RECURRENCE;

EID: 40749138208     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.299.10.1134-a     Document Type: Letter

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