Parasympathetic nervous system dysfunction and neurological consequences of chagas disease. Mediator or Bystander?

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 107-108

  Maud, Alberto ^a   Qureshi, Adnan I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral small vessel disease; Cerebrovascular disease; Chagas disease; Ischemic stroke; White matter lesions

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VISCOSITY; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHAGAS DISEASE; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; HEART INNERVATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRACARDIAC THROMBOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; SHORT SURVEY; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; WHITE MATTER; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; BRAIN DISEASES; COMPLICATION; PROCEDURES;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; BRAIN DISEASES; CHAGAS DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 77950600711     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2008.00359.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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