Cognitive dysfunction in chronic Chagas disease cardiomyopathy
Abstract Chagas disease (CD) remains a major cause of stroke in developing countries, but cognitive repercussion of CD has not been well studied. Objective: To compare the frequency and pattern of cognitive dysfunction in patients with CD cardiomyopathy (CDC) and other cardiomyopathies (OC). Metho...
Main Authors: | Jesângeli Sousa Dias, Amanda M. Lacerda, Rodrigo M. Vieira-de-Melo, Leila C. Viana, Pedro A.P. Jesus, Francisco J.F.B. Reis, Ricardo Nitrini, Helenice Charchat-Fichman, Antônio A. Lopes, Jamary Oliveira-Filho |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Associação Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento
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Series: | Dementia & Neuropsychologia |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1980-57642009000100027&lng=en&tlng=en |
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