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New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 373, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 1882-

  Bern, Caryn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTITRYPANOSOMAL AGENT;

CHAGAS DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEVER; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; THORAX PAIN; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

CHAGAS DISEASE; HUMANS; TRYPANOCIDAL AGENTS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 84946543514     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1510996     Document Type: Letter

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