Chronic American trypanosomiasis: Parasite persistence in endomyocardial biopsies is associated with high-grade myocarditis

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 481-487

  Benvenuti, L A ^a   Roggerio A ^a   Freitas, H F G ^a   Mansur, A J ^a   Fiorelli, A ^a   Higuchi, M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 51649086111     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485908X311740     Document Type: Article

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