Familial Association of Primary Pulmonary Hypertension and a New Low-Oxygen Affinity β-Chain Hemoglobinopathy, Hb Washtenaw

Chest

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 848-850

  Wille, Richard T ^a   Krishnan, Koyamangalath ^b,c   Cooney, Kathleen A ^b   Bach, David S ^b   Martinez, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c East Tennessee State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN VARIANT;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HUMAN; OXYGEN AFFINITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION;

BASE SEQUENCE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES; HEMOGLOBINS, ABNORMAL; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEDIGREE;

EID: 0029917996     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.109.3.848     Document Type: Article

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