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Selenium Treatment and Chagasic Cardiopathy (STCC): study protocol for a double-blind randomized controlled trial

BACKGROUND: Heart disease progression occurs in 30% of patients with chronic Trypanosoma cruzi infection. Supplementation with selenium (Se) in animal model of T. cruzi infection produced promising results. There is evidence that patients with Chagas heart disease have lower Se levels than healthy i...

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Autores principales: Alvarenga Americano do Brasil, Pedro Emmanuel, Pereira de Souza, Andréa, Hasslocher-Moreno, Alejandro Marcel, Xavier, Sérgio Salles, Lambert Passos, Sonia Regina, de Fátima Ramos Moreira, Maria, Santini de Oliveira, Marília, Sperandio da Silva, Gilberto Marcelo, Magalhães Saraiva, Roberto, Santos de Aguiar Cardoso, Claudia, de Sousa, Andréa Silvestre, Mediano, Mauro Felippe Felix, Bonecini de Almeida, Maria da Gloria, da Cruz Moreira, Otacílio, Britto, Constança, de Araújo-Jorge, Tania Cremonini
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4197263/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25284194
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-15-388