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Distribution of HLA-DRB1 alleles in Argentinean patients with Chagas' disease cardiomyopathy.
Immunological investigations - 1 Jan 2009
García Borrás Silvia, Racca Liliana, Cotorruelo Carlos, Biondi Claudia, Beloscar Juan, Racca Amelia
Abstract excerpt
Chronic Chagas' disease occurs in a variable number of infected individuals and mainly manifests as an inflammatory cardiomyopathy that may lead to a fatal course. The factors underlying the establishment of chronic myocardial lesions are not fully understood. The study included 71 unrelated individuals serologically positive for T. cruzi. A group of 81 no related healthy individuals with neither symptoms nor...
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