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Chagas Cardiomyopathy in the Context of the Chronic Disease Transition
BACKGROUND: Patients with Chagas disease have migrated to cities, where obesity, hypertension and other cardiac risk factors are common. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: The study included adult patients evaluated by the cardiology service in a public hospital in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Data included ri...
Autores principales: | Hidron, Alicia I., Gilman, Robert H., Justiniano, Juan, Blackstock, Anna J., LaFuente, Carlos, Selum, Walter, Calderon, Martiza, Verastegui, Manuela, Ferrufino, Lisbeth, Valencia, Eduardo, Tornheim, Jeffrey A., O'Neal, Seth, Comer, Robert, Galdos-Cardenas, Gerson, Bern, Caryn |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2010
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2872643/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20502520 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000688 |
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