Chagas disease, 100 years after its identification;La enfermedad de Chagas a 100 años de su descubrimiento

Archivos Argentinos de Pediatria

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 4-5

  Altcheh, Jaime ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE NIÑOS RICARDO GUTIÉRREZ   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAGAS DISEASE; NOTE;

CHAGAS DISEASE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS;

EID: 76649108299     PISSN: 03250075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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