Cognitive dysfunction in chronic Chagas disease cardiomyopathy
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Cognitive dysfunction in chronic Chagas disease cardiomyopathy
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عنوان ژورنال: Dementia & Neuropsychologia
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1980-5764
DOI: 10.1590/s1980-57642009dn30100006