Expression of Endothelin-1 in the Lungs of Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 328, Issue 24, 1993, Pages 1732-1739

  Giaid, Adel ^a   Yanagisawa, Masashi ^b   Langleben, David ^a   Michel, Rene P ^a   Levy, Robert ^a   Shennib, Hani ^a   Kimura, Sadao ^d   Masaki, Tomoh ^c   Duguid, William P ^a   Stewart, Duncan J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 1; MESSENGER RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY TONE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MALE; MITOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ADULT; ENDOTHELINS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; RNA, MESSENGER; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0027324745     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199306173282402     Document Type: Article

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