Gastrointestinal involvement in Chagas disease
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Gastrointestinal aspects of Chagas' disease.
Chagas' disease is an endemic infectious disease caused by a trypanosome prevalent in South America. An acute illness occurs in childhood (1) and, if the patient survives, an enlarged heart , dilated colon and megaesophagus (2) may develop 30 to 40 years later as manifestations of chronic Chagas' disease. The majority of those infected will always have a positive complement fixation test for tr...
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عنوان ژورنال: NeuroGastroLATAM Reviews
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2462-7011
DOI: 10.24875/ngl.17000002