I Latin American Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Chagas' Heart;I diretriz latino-americana para o diagnóstico e tratamento da cardiopatia chagásica

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 97, Issue 2 SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 1-53

  Castro, Iran ^a   de Andrade, Jadelson Pinheiro ^a   de Paola, Angelo Amato Vincenzo ^a,a   Vilas Boas, Fábio ^a   Oliveira, Gláucia Maria Moraes ^a,a   Marin Neto, José Antônio ^a   Chagas, Antônio Carlos Palandri ^a   Rocha, Eduardo Augusto Victor ^a   Zimerman, Leandro Ioschpe ^a   de Almeida Campos, Luiz Antonio ^a   Montera, Marcelo Westerlund ^a   de Melo Barbosa, Márcia ^a   Guimarães, Jorge Ilha ^a   Morillo, Carlos ^a   Acquatella, Harry ^a   Mitelman, Jorge ^a   Moreno, Juan Bautista Gonzalez ^a   Gimenez, Luisa ^a   Dones, Wistremundo ^a   Filho Fragata, Abílio Augusto ^a   Almeida, Dirceu Rodrigues ^a   Bocchi, Edimar Alcides ^a   Bacal, Fernando ^a   Dias, João Carlos Pinto ^a   Neto, José Antônio Marin ^a   Moreira, Maria da Consolação Vieira ^a   Xavier, Sérgio Salles ^a   de Oliveira Jr , Wilson Alves ^a   more..

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA;

CHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 80054760129     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: 16784170     Source Type: Journal    
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