Angiotensin converting enzyme expression in primary pulmonary hypertension

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 154, Issue 4 I, 1996, Pages 1087-1091

  Schuster, Daniel P ^a,b   Crouch, Edmond C ^a   Parks, William C ^a   Johnson, Tara ^a   Botney, Mitchell D ^a  

^a BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTIMA; LUNG ARTERY; LUNG PARENCHYMA; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION;

EID: 0029907928     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.154.4.8887612     Document Type: Article

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