Gastro-intestinal Chagas disease in migrants to Spain: Prevalence and methods for early diagnosis

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-29

  Perez Ayala A ^a   Perez Molina J A ^a   Norman, F ^a   Monge Maillo, B ^a   Faro, M V ^a   Lopez Velez R ^a  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZNIDAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSTIPATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPHAGIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES LIKE RASH; MEGACOLON; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRURITUS; SPAIN; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BARIUM SULFATE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENEMA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPAIN; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; YOUNG ADULT;

HIRUNDINIDAE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 79551699972     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: 13648594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485910X12851868780423     Document Type: Article

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