Morbidity and prognostic factors in chronic chagasic cardiopathy
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Morbidity and prognostic factors in chronic chagasic cardiopathy.
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عنوان ژورنال: Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0074-0276
DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02762009000900022