Chagas disease and systemic autoimmune diseases among Bolivian patients in Switzerland

BACKGROUND: Chronic cardiomyopathy occurs in 20-40% of the patients with Chagas disease. Autoimmune mechanisms may contribute to its pathogenesis. We diagnosed several cases of systemic autoimmune diseases among Bolivian migrants in Geneva with a high prevalence of Chagas disease. OBJECTIVES: We tes...

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Autores principales: Jackson, Yves, Pula, Drenusha Vieira de Mello, Finckh, Axel, Chizzolini, Carlo, Chappuis, François
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2018
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5851052/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29412344
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0074-02760170383

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5851052/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29412344
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0074-02760170383

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