Pulmonary hypertension secondary to neurofibromatosis: Intimal fibrosis versus thromboembolism

Thorax

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 858-859

  Samuels, Noah ^a   Berkman, Neville ^a   Milgalter, Eli ^a   Bar Ziv, Jacob ^a   Amir, Gail ^a   Kramer, Mordechai R ^a,b  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Intimal fibrosis; Neurofibromatosis; Pulmonary thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENDARTERECTOMY; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; INTIMA; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTIGRAPHY;

EID: 0032802304     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.54.9.858     Document Type: Article

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