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Research Article

Trypanocidal activity of the ethyl esters of N-propyl and N-isopropyl oxamates on intracellular amastigotes of Trypanosoma cruzi acute infected mice

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Pages 111-115 | Received 05 Sep 2008, Accepted 04 May 2009, Published online: 23 Dec 2009

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