Cutaneous manifestation of Chagas' disease after heart transplantation: successful treatment with allopurinol

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作者：
TomimoriYamashita, J
Deps, PD
Almeida, DR
Enokihara, MMSS
DeSeixas, MT
Freymuller, E
机构：
[1] UNIV FED SAO PAULO,ESCOLA PAULISTA MED,DIV CARDIOL,BR-04023900 SAO PAULO,BRAZIL
[2] UNIV FED SAO PAULO,ESCOLA PAULISTA MED,DEPT PATHOL,BR-04023900 SAO PAULO,BRAZIL
[3] UNIV FED SAO PAULO,ESCOLA PAULISTA MED,CTR ELECTRON MICROSCOPY,BR-04023900 SAO PAULO,BRAZIL
来源：
BRITISH JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY | 1997年 / 137卷 / 04期
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D O I：
10.1111/j.1365-2133.1997.tb03800.x
中图分类号：
R75 [皮肤病学与性病学];
学科分类号：
100206 ;
摘要：
We describe two patients who underwent cardiac transplantation far chronic cardiomyopathy of Chagas' disease, and in whom the disease was reactivated with the development of cutaneous lesions, In both cases, the skin lesions regressed completely after 2 months of therapy with allopurinol.
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