Usefulness of qualitative polymerase chain reaction for Trypanosoma cruzi DNA in endomyocardial biopsy specimens of chagasic heart transplant patients

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 799-804

  Benvenuti, Luiz A ^a   Roggrio, Alessandra ^a   Coelho, Guilherme ^a   Fiorelli, Alfredo I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chagas' disease; endomyocardial biopsy; heart transplantation; polymerase chain reaction; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BENZNIDAZOLE; CELL NUCLEUS DNA; KINETOPLAST DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL NUCLEUS; CHAGAS DISEASE; DNA, KINETOPLAST; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959249235     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: 15573117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2011.02.012     Document Type: Article

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