Clinical and laboratory status of patients with chronic Chagas disease living in a vector-controlled area in Minas Gerais, Brazil, before and nine years after aetiological treatment

Clinical and laboratory status of patients with chronic Chagas disease living in a vector-controlled area in Minas Gerais, Brazil, before and nine years after aetiological treatment

Twenty-eight Chagas disease patients (CD), 22 with the indeterminate clinical form (IND) and six with the cardiac or digestive form (CARD/DIG), were treated with benznidazole and underwent clinical and laboratorial analysis before (IND and CARD/DIG) and nine years after [patients after treatment (CD...

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Main Authors: Marta de Lana, Leonardo A Lopes, Helen R Martins, Maria T Bahia, Girley F Machado-de-Assis, Ana P Wendling, Olindo A Martins-Filho, Roberto A Montoya, João CP Dias, Pedro Albajar-Viñas, José R Coura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2009-12-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Subjects:
Chagas disease
aetiological treatment
benznidazole
clinical-laboratorial evaluation
clinical evolution
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