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Chagas disease and systemic autoimmune diseases among Bolivian patients in Switzerland
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Jackson, Yves-Laurent Julien
Pula, Drenusha Vieira de Mello
Finckh, Axel
Chizzolini, Carlo
Chappuis, François
Published in Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. 2018, vol. 113, no. 4, e170383
Abstract Chronic cardiomyopathy occurs in 20-40% of the patients with Chagas disease. Autoimmune mechanisms may contribute to its pathogenesis. We diagnosed several cases of systemic autoimmune diseases among Bolivian migrants in Geneva with a high prevalence of Chagas disease.
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PMID: 29412344
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Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de médecine
Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de santé et médecine communautaires / Institut de santé globale
Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de santé et médecine communautaires / Institut de médecine de premier recours
Research groups Mécanisme de l'inflammation articulaire (44)
Recherche clinique en rhumatismes inflammatoires (1010)
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(ISO format) 		JACKSON, Yves-Laurent Julien et al. Chagas disease and systemic autoimmune diseases among Bolivian patients in Switzerland. In: Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2018, vol. 113, n° 4, p. e170383. doi: 10.1590/0074-02760170383 https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:102401

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