Authors' reply: Vitamins in the treatment of chronic Chagas disease: adjuvant antiparasitary or antioxidant therapy?

نویسندگان

  • Mônica Coelho Andrade
  • Maria de Fátima Oliveira
  • Aparecida Tiemi Nagao-Dias
  • Ivo Castelo Branco Coêlho
  • Darlan da Silva Cândido
  • Erlane Chaves Freitas
  • Helena Lutéscia Luna Coelho
  • Fernando Schemelzer Moraes Bezerra
چکیده

[1]. Departamento de Patologia e Medicina Legal, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE. [2]. Departamento de Análises Clínicas e Toxicológicas, Faculdade de Farmácia, Odontologia e Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE. [3]. Departamento de Farmácia, Faculdade de Farmácia, Odontologia e Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE. [4]. Departamento de Saúde Comunitária, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

دوره 47 5  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2014