An update on the management of Chagas cardiomyopathy.

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Published in Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther on August 01, 2007

Authors

Manoel O C Rocha1, Mauro M Teixeira, Antonio L Ribeiro

Author Affiliations

1: Internal Medicine Department and Coordinator, Postgraduate Course of Tropical Medicine, School of Medicine, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil. rochamoc@medicina.ufmg.br

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