Stroke in asymptomatic Trypanosoma cruzi-infected patients

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 24-28

  Carod Artal, Francisco Javier ^a   Vargas, Antonio Pedro ^b   Falcao, Thiago ^b  

^a Virgen de la Luz Hospital   (Spain)

^b SARAH NETWORK OF REHABILITATION HOSPITALS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

American trypanosomiasis; Chagas disease; Stroke; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAZIL; CHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 77958470185     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000320248     Document Type: Article

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