Actualización sobre la cardiopatía de la enfermedad de Chagas en el primer centenario de su descubrimiento

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1211-1216

  Marin Neto, Jose A ^a   Rassi Jr , Anis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Anis Rassi Hospital   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAGAS DISEASE; HUMAN; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

CHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY; HUMANS;

EID: 73249149735     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: 15792242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-8932(09)73071-4     Document Type: Editorial

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