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Rationale and design of a randomized placebo-controlled trial assessing the effects of etiologic treatment in Chagas' cardiomyopathy: The BENznidazole Evaluation For Interrupting Trypanosomiasis (BENEFIT)

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Distinct Outcomes ofTrypanosoma cruziInfection in Hamsters Are Related to Myocardial Parasitism, Cytokine/Chemokine Gene Expression, and Protein Expression Profile

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Functional IL‐10 Gene Polymorphism Is Associated with Chagas Disease Cardiomyopathy

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Chagas disease cardiomyopathy: current concepts of an old disease

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Interleukin-18 stimulates fibronectin expression in primary human cardiac fibroblasts via PI3K-Akt-dependent NF-κB activation

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Variants in the promoter region of IKBL/NFKBIL1 gene may mark susceptibility to the development of chronic Chagas’ cardiomyopathy among Trypanosoma cruzi-infected individuals

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