ADENOSINE DEAMINASE ACTIVITY AND SERUM C-REACTIVE PROTEIN AS PROGNOSTIC MARKERS OF CHAGAS DISEASE SEVERITY

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE ACTIVITY AND SERUM C-REACTIVE PROTEIN AS PROGNOSTIC MARKERS OF CHAGAS DISEASE SEVERITY

SUMMARY Chagas disease is a public health problem worldwide. The availability of diagnostic tools to predict the development of chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy is crucial to reduce morbidity and mortality. Here we analyze the prognostic value of adenosine deaminase serum activity (ADA) and C-reactive...

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Main Authors: Iván Darío BRAVO-TOBAR, Carlota NELLO-PÉREZ, Alí FERNÁNDEZ, Nora MOGOLLÓN, Mary Carmen PÉREZ, Juan VERDE, Juan Luis CONCEPCIÓN, Claudina RODRIGUEZ-BONFANTE, Rafael BONFANTE-CABARCAS
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2015-10-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Subjects:
Chagas disease
Adenosine deaminase
C-reactive protein
Prognostic markers
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