Chagas cardiomyopathy associated with serological cure after trypanocidal treatment during childhood

Abstract Chagas disease is a chronic parasitological disease, which could cause cardiac manifestations in approximately one-third of affected individuals. Benznidazole and nifurtimox are used to treat this parasitological infection caused by Trypanosoma cruzi. Conventionally, the criterion for cure...

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Main Authors: Marisa Liliana Fernández, Yolanda Hernández, Karenina Scollo, Mónica Ines Esteva, Adelina Rosa Riarte, Nilda Graciela Prado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822018000400557&lng=en&tlng=en

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