Hemostatic Dysfunction Is Increased in Patients with Hepatosplenic Schistosomiasis Mansoni and Advanced Periportal Fibrosis

BACKGROUND: Schistosomiasis mansoni is an endemic parasitic disease and a public health problem in Northeast Brazil. In some patients, hepatic abnormalities lead to periportal fibrosis and result in the most severe clinical form, hepatosplenic schistosomiasis. This study aimed to evaluate whether ab...

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Autores principales: Leite, Luiz Arthur Calheiros, Pimenta Filho, Adenor Almeida, da Fonseca, Caíque Silveira Martins, dos Santos, Bianka Santana, Ferreira, Rita de Cássia dos Santos, Montenegro, Silvia Maria Lucena, Lopes, Edmundo Pessoa, Domingues, Ana Lúcia Coutinho, Owen, James Stuart, Lima, Vera Lúcia de Menezes
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3715409/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23875049
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002314

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