Sudden death in chagas' disease

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 86-96

  Rassi Jr , Anis ^a   Rassi, Sérgio Gabriel ^a   Rassi, Anis ^a  

^a Hospital Sao Salvador   (Brazil)

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