Involvement of the central nervous system in the chronic form of Chagas' disease

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 269, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 152-157

  Wackermann, Paula Viana ^a   Fernandes, Regina Maria França ^a   Elias Jr , Jorge ^a   dos Santos, Antonio Carlos ^a   Marques Jr , Wilson ^a   Barreira, Amilton Antunes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

American trypanosomiasis; Central nervous system and Chagas' disease; Chagas' disease; Chronic Chagas' disease; Nervous form of Chagas' disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AREFLEXIA; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATION; DIZZINESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 43049155939     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2008.01.006     Document Type: Article

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