The mechanism of hypoxemia in liver disease with pulmonary hypertension [7] (multiple letters)

Chest

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 614-615

  Teramoto, S ^a   Ishii, T ^a   Ouchi, Y ^a   Chaouat, A ^a   Weitzenblum, E ^a   Schott, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

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Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LETTER; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0034001916     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.117.2.614     Document Type: Article

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