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Endomyocardial fibrosis: still a mystery after 60 years.

The pathologist Jack N. P. Davies identified endomyocardial fibrosis in Uganda in 1947. Since that time, reports of this restrictive cardiomyopathy have come from other parts of tropical Africa, South Asia, and South America. In Kampala, the disease accounts for 20% of heart disease patients referre...

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Main Authors: Gene Bukhman, John Ziegler, Eldryd Parry
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-01-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2254164?pdf=render
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