Pulmonary hypertension secondary to serum hyperviscosity in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis

The American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1987, Pages 1039-1045

  Eaton, Alexander M ^a   Serota, Harvey ^a   Kernodle Jr , G Wallace ^a   Uglietta, John P ^a   Crawford, Jeffrey ^a   Fulkerson, William J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; GAMMOPATHY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERVISCOSITY SYNDROME; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; PLASMAPHERESIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MIDDLE AGE; PLASMAPHERESIS;

EID: 0023636337     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9343(87)90172-0     Document Type: Article

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