Current epidemiological profile of Chagasic megaesophagus in Central Brazil

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

سال: 2013

ISSN: 0037-8682

DOI: 10.1590/0037-8682-0065-2013