Predictive role of polymerase chain reaction in the early diagnosis of congenital Trypanosoma cruzi infection
- 1 September 2014
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Acta Tropica
- Vol. 137, 195-200
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2014.05.016
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