Ischemic cerebral changes in the chronic chagasic cardiopathy

The pathological systematized study of the brain of 31 cases of the chronic cardiac form of Chagas' disease was undertaken. Elective parenchymatous necrosis was found in 64.5% of cases, mainly in cerebellar Purkinje cells, and in thalamic nuclei. Also found were multiple foci of old micronecros...

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Main Author: José Eymard Homem Pitella
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 1984-06-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X1984000200002&lng=en&tlng=en
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