Sublingual microcirculatory alterations in Chagas disease: an observational study in an endemic rural population
Jorge Emilio De All,
Juan Francisco Caminos Eguillor,
Simón Marcelo Cohen
et al.
Abstract:BACKGROUND
Chagas disease is a systemic illness with widespread microvascular involvement. Experimental and clinical studies suggest that functional and structural microcirculatory abnormalities might be relevant to the disease progression.
OBJECTIVES
To show the presence of sublingual microcirculatory alterations in patients with chronic Chagas disease.
METHODS
This was a cross-sectional study including adult patients with serologic diagnosi… Show more
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