Chagas disease, France

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 644-646

  Lescure, François Xavier ^a   Canestri, Ana ^b   Melliez, Hugues ^c   Jauréguiberry, Stéphane ^a   Develoux, Michel ^a   Dorent, Richard ^a   Guiard Schmid, Jean Baptiste ^a   Bonnard, Philippe ^a   Ajana, Faïza ^c   Rolla, Valeria ^d   Carlier, Yves ^e   Gay, Frederick ^b   Elghouzzi, Marie Hélène ^f   Danis, Martin ^b   Pialoux, Gilles ^a  

^a HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE TOURCOING   (France)

^d Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^f ETABLISSEMENT FRANÇAIS DU SANG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BENZNIDAZOLE; NIFURTIMOX;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DRESS SYNDROME; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FEVER; FRANCE; HEADACHE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; PERIORBITAL EDEMA; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHOTOPHOBIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 42049120730     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1404.070489     Document Type: Article

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