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Congenital Chagas disease: time to screen pregnant women?

Renata Sesti-Costa Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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João S Silva Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Fredy RS Gutierrez School of Medicine, Antonio Nariño University, Bogotá, Colombia. [email protected]; School of Medicine, Antonio Nariño University, Bogotá, Colombia. [email protected]
Pages 1279-1282 | Published online: 10 Jan 2014

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